Scrabble?! HEDGE

Definitions of HEDGE in various dictionaries:

noun - a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes

noun - any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk

noun - an intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement

verb - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

verb - hinder or restrict with or as if with a hedge

verb - enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges

verb - minimize loss or risk

A row of closely planted shrubs or low-growing trees forming a fence or boundary.

A line of people or objects forming a barrier: a hedge of spectators along the sidewalk.

A means of protection or defense, especially against financial loss: a hedge against inflation.

A securities transaction that reduces the risk on an existing investment position.

An intentionally noncommittal or ambiguous statement.

To enclose or bound with or as if with hedges.

To hem in, hinder, or restrict with or as if with a hedge.

To minimize or protect against the loss of by counterbalancing one transaction, such as a bet, against another.

To plant or cultivate hedges.

To take compensatory measures so as to counterbalance possible loss.

To avoid making a clear, direct response or statement.

verb - to surround with a hedge (a dense row of shrubs)