Noun : small fields separated by hedges. ,a hedge of stones.    From Dictionary.com. 

Verb (used without object) : He felt that he was speaking too boldly and began to hedge before they could contradict him.    From Dictionary.com. 

Mr. McCain hedged a bit: I have great admiration and respect for the Kennedy family.    From Wordnik.com.  [McCain Sidesteps Talk About Campaign on Letterman - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's call hedged his strong backing of the result of Friday's vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Iran to Recount Some Votes] Reference

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's call hedged his previous strong backing of the result of Saturday's vote.    From Wordnik.com.  [Det Progressiva USA] Reference

Obama "hedged" on Iraq not out of deeply held moral belief but for political expediency.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton: Obama's Candidacy Isn't The "Fairy Tale" ��� But His War Opposition Is] Reference

Further, the rate that is "hedged" is the "index" rate, not necessarily the borrower's loan rate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 14th Banker: Wall Street Trumps Main Street: Asymmetric Info in Derivatives] Reference

Q Yesterday you kind of hedged a little bit on whether he had actually tried to place a phone call.    From Wordnik.com.  [Press Gaggle By Joe Lockhart] Reference

No doubt Barclays will say that this transaction is "hedged" as is not just a punt on the price of natural gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barclays bounces despite analysts doubts over $1.15bn shale gas deal, as FTSE flies higher] Reference

On this front, Lehman argues this positioned is hedged, meaning that any losses will be offset by gains elsewhere.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lehman Wants] Reference

Hedge funds, it turns out, were not "hedged" in any meaningful sense of the word.    From Wordnik.com.  [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator] Reference

"It's kind of hedged, but there's always hope: Hope for change, hope for resurrection," he says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference

Being "hedged" in a position long one grain and short another makes the chance for lock-limit overnight losses muted or nil.    From Wordnik.com.  [TradingMarkets] Reference

But it banged off the front of the rim at the final buzzer, "Kobe kind of hedged out and I knew Ray would be open," Pierce said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

One portfolio was "hedged" against currency fluctuations and the other was left to float up and down with the currency movements.    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

"hedged" on this question; and I do not admire him much either.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mental Efficiency And Other Hints to Men and Women] Reference

Harrison hedged, so Parks, 75, turned to the reporter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Battle Lost] Reference

Careful hedge: Shamir's agreement was carefully hedged.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Will To Say Yes] Reference

But Washington has long hedged its bets behind the scenes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mideast: 'Secret Files'] Reference

Yet that stand, hedged as it is, could bite the Constitution.    From Wordnik.com.  [ALL EYES ON FRANCE] Reference

"This is a denial that is not in any way hedged," Rudell says.    From Wordnik.com.  [Page-Turner] Reference

The resulting survey of conventional wisdom is carefully hedged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Through A Glass, Very Darkly] Reference

And much of their euro exposure has been hedged one way or another.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Stock Selection, Cash Talks] Reference

When I asked Obama's campaign about the idea, I got a hedged answer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lights, Camera, ‘Question Time’!] Reference

Her company hedged, so she took a leave of absence and went on her own.    From Wordnik.com.  [Soul And Sushi] Reference

Though Street had pledged to retire after the Olympics, she hedged her bets on Tuesday.    From Wordnik.com.  [Street's Life] Reference

The CIA hardened its view, but still hedged in its white paper in the second half of 2001.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE TALE OF THE LYING DEFECTOR] Reference

Last week the Central Bank hedged its bets, leaving interest rates exactly where they were.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Nerd Who Saved Brazil] Reference

The story, which appeared on May 3, was long but carefully hedged and balanced with denials.    From Wordnik.com.  [Clinton V. Paula Jones] Reference

Unsure which side would win, some tribesmen apparently hedged by taking money from both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into Thin Air] Reference

Often, the reports are hedged or so general as to be useless, or occasionally just plain wrong.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anatomy Of The Threat] Reference

Obama hedged, but when pressed, admitted that he agreed with states granting licenses, and requiring insurance.    From Wordnik.com.  [A License to Kill] Reference

At home, many business owners are thought to have hedged their bets and donated to both the Fox and PRI campaigns.    From Wordnik.com.  [Taking The Reins] Reference

Pullout prelude: Some of my Arab friends here tell me I shouldn't get too carried away by one condition-hedged statement.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Keep The Pressure Up'] Reference

But that slightly hedged statement has not quieted speculation that Steffi, along with her father, may yet face formal charges.    From Wordnik.com.  [Trouble In Another Court] Reference

Much of corporate Europe is well hedged, but nervous politicians in France and Germany have launched a campaign to talk the euro down.    From Wordnik.com.  [LANDING HARD ON EUROPE] Reference

The V&E letter hedged, though, by warning of public-relations and legal dangers if some of the deals Watkins warned about became public.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Enron Effect] Reference