To reduce one's exposure to risk.
To obstruct or surround.
To offset the risk associated with.
To construct or repair a hedge.
To enclose with a hedge or hedges.
To avoid verbal commitment.
Contract or arrangement reducing one's exposure to risk (for example the risk of price movements or interest rate movements).
A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
Used attributively, with figurative indication of a person's upbringing, or professional activities, taking place by the side of the road; third-rate.
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.
A non-committal or intentionally ambiguous statement.
To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.
To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against or from, or formerly with of.
Free from the danger of theft; safe.
Certain to be achieved or gained; assured.
Free from attack or danger; protected.
Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly used with of.
Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
Firm and not likely to fail; stable.