WordNet sense 1 (any technique designed to reduce or eliminate financial risk; for example, taking two positions that will offset each other if prices change):

hedging

WordNet sense 2 (a fence formed by a row of closely planted shrubs or bushes):

hedgerow

WordNet sense 3 (enclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges):

hedge in

WordNet sense 4 (avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)):

circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, parry, sidestep, skirt, put off