[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a row of bushes or small trees planted close together, especially when forming a fence or boundary; hedgerow:small fields separated by hedges.", "any barrier or boundary:a hedge of stones.", "an act or means of preventing complete loss of a bet, an argument, an investment, or the like, with a partially counterbalancing or qualifying one."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to enclose with or separate by a hedge:to hedge a garden.", "to surround and confine as if with a hedge; restrict (often followed byin, about,etc.):He felt hedged in by the rules of language.", "to protect with qualifications that allow for unstated contingencies or for withdrawal from commitment:He hedged his program against attack and then presented it to the board.", "to mitigate a possible loss by counterbalancing (one's bets, investments, etc.).", "to prevent or hinder free movement; obstruct:to be hedged by poverty."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to avoid a rigid commitment by qualifying or modifying a position so as to permit withdrawal:He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him.Synonyms: waffle , temporize , delay , stall , evade", "to prevent complete loss of a bet by betting an additional amount or amounts against the original bet.", "Finance.to enter transactions that will protect against loss through a compensatory price movement."]}]