hedge – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of hedge

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to hedge
Participle: hedged
Gerund: hedging

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Ihedge
youhedge
he;she;ithedges
wehedge
youhedge
theyhedge

Perfect

Ihave hedged
youhave hedged
he;she;ithas hedged
wehave hedged
youhave hedged
theyhave hedged

Past

Ihedged
youhedged
he;she;ithedged
wehedged
youhedged
theyhedged

Pluperfect

Ihad hedged
youhad hedged
he;she;ithad hedged
wehad hedged
youhad hedged
theyhad hedged

Future

Iwill hedge
youwill hedge
he;she;itwill hedge
wewill hedge
youwill hedge
theywill hedge

Future Perfect

Iwill have hedged
youwill have hedged
he;she;itwill have hedged
wewill have hedged
youwill have hedged
theywill have hedged

Subjunctive

Present

Ihedge
youhedge
he;she;ithedge
wehedge
youhedge
theyhedge

Perfect

Ihave hedged
youhave hedged
he;she;ithave hedged
wehave hedged
youhave hedged
theyhave hedged

Imperfect

Ihedged
youhedged
he;she;ithedged
wehedged
youhedged
theyhedged

Pluperfect

Ihad hedged
youhad hedged
he;she;ithad hedged
wehad hedged
youhad hedged
theyhad hedged

Conditional

Present

Iwould hedge
youwould hedge
he;she;itwould hedge
wewould hedge
youwould hedge
theywould hedge

Perfect

Iwould have hedged
youwould have hedged
he;she;itwould have hedged
wewould have hedged
youwould have hedged
theywould have hedged

Imperative

youhedge
weLet's hedge
youhedge

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam hedging
youare hedging
he;she;itis hedging
weare hedging
youare hedging
theyare hedging

Perfect

Ihave been hedging
youhave been hedging
he;she;ithas been hedging
wehave been hedging
youhave been hedging
theyhave been hedging

Past

Iwas hedging
youwere hedging
he;she;itwas hedging
wewere hedging
youwere hedging
theywere hedging

Pluperfect

Ihad been hedging
youhad been hedging
he;she;ithad been hedging
wehad been hedging
youhad been hedging
theyhad been hedging

Future

Iwill be hedging
youwill be hedging
he;she;itwill be hedging
wewill be hedging
youwill be hedging
theywill be hedging

Future Perfect

Iwill have been hedging
youwill have been hedging
he;she;itwill have been hedging
wewill have been hedging
youwill have been hedging
theywill have been hedging

Conditional

Present

Iwould be hedging
youwould be hedging
he;she;itwould be hedging
wewould be hedging
youwould be hedging
theywould be hedging

Perfect

Iwould have been hedging
youwould have been hedging
he;she;itwould have been hedging
wewould have been hedging
youwould have been hedging
theywould have been hedging

Other

Verbs similar to 'hedge'

edge, gedge, jedge, kedge, ledge, vedge, wedge, badge, bede, bedye,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. hecg, originally any fence, living or artificial, from W.Gmc. *khagja (cf. M.Du. hegge, O.H.G. hegga, Ger. Hecke "hedge"), from PIE. *khagh- "to encompass, enclose" (cf. L. caulae "a sheepfold, enclosure," Gaul. caio "circumvallation," Welsh cae "fence, hedge"). Related to O.E. haga "enclosure, hedge" (see haw). Prefixed to any word, it "notes something mean, vile, of the lowest class" [Johnson], from contemptuous attributive sense of "plying one's trade under a hedge" (hedge-priest, hedge-lawyer, hedge-wench, etc.), a usage attested from c.1530. The verb sense of "dodge, evade" is first recorded 1598; that of "insure oneself against loss," as in a bet, is from 1672. Hedgehog is c.1450 (replacing O.E. igl), the second element an allusion to its pig-like snout. Hedgerow is O.E. heggeræw.
2. Inherited from Middle English heggen, from the noun (see above). See: Middle English 'heggen', Middle English 'heggen'.

Sample Sentences

  • to hedge a field or garden
  • Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and make a wall, that she shall not find her paths. [1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hosea 2:6:]
  • Lollius Urbius […] drew another wall […] to hedge out incursions from the north. [1670, John Milton, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of Britain, that Part Especially now Call’d England. […], London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for James Allestry, […] , →OCLC:]
  • He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.