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obstruction
English
Etymology
From Latin obstructio (“hindrance”), from obstruo (“build against, block, stop”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?st??k.??n/
Noun
obstruction (countable and uncountable, plural obstructions)
- The act of obstructing, or state of being obstructed.
- Something which obstructs or impedes, either intentionally or unintentionally
- Synonyms: obstacle, impediment, hindrance
- The condition of having the natural powers obstructed in their usual course; the arrest of the vital functions; death.
Synonyms
- block
- hindrance
- impedance
- roadblock
- stop
- See also Thesaurus:hindrance
Derived terms
- deobstruction
Translations
French
Etymology
From Latin obstr?cti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p.st?yk.sj??/
Noun
obstruction f (plural obstructions)
- block (something that prevents passing)
- obstruction
Further reading
- “obstruction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
obstruction (plural obstructiones)
- obstruction
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hedge
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?j, IPA(key): /h?d?/
- Rhymes: -?d?
Etymology 1
From Middle English hegge, from Old English he??, from Proto-West Germanic *haggju, from Proto-Germanic *hagj?, from Proto-Indo-European *kag?yóm. Cognate with Dutch heg, German Hecke. Doublet of quay. More at haw.
Noun
hedge (plural hedges)
- A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
- 1611, King James Version, Job 1:9–10:
- (Britain, West Country, chiefly Devon and Cornwall) A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
- (pragmatics) A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
- Coordinate term: weasel word
- (finance) Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
- (Britain, Ireland, noun adjunct) Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
- He then traced them from place to place, till at last he found two of them drinking together, with a third person, at a hedge-tavern near Aldersgate.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, Folio Society 1973, p.639:
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above).
Verb
hedge (third-person singular simple present hedges, present participle hedging, simple past and past participle hedged)
- (transitive) To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
- (transitive) To obstruct or surround.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain
- Lollius Urbius […] drew another wall […] to hedge out incursions from the north.
- 1769, King James Bible, Hosea 2.6
- (transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
- (transitive, intransitive) To avoid verbal commitment.
- (intransitive) To construct or repair a hedge.
- (intransitive, finance) To reduce one's exposure to risk.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- hedge on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hedge on investopedia.com
Anagrams
- Ghede, Hegde
Middle English
Noun
hedge
- Alternative form of hegge
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