Boundary shrub Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Boundary shrub crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on April 29 2024 Wall Street Journal Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Boundary shrub has a total of 5 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | HEDGE | Boundary shrub | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrubbery, as evergreens, planted in a line or as a fence; particularly, such a thicket planted round a field to fence it, or in rows to separate the parts of a garden. |
| • | To inclose or separate with a hedge; to fence with a thickly set line or thicket of shrubs or small trees; as, to hedge a field or garden. |
| • | To obstruct, as a road, with a barrier; to hinder from progress or success; -- sometimes with up and out. |
| • | To surround for defense; to guard; to protect; to hem (in). |
| • | To surround so as to prevent escape. |
| • | To shelter one's self from danger, risk, duty, responsibility, etc., as if by hiding in or behind a hedge; to skulk; to slink; to shirk obligations. |
| • | To reduce the risk of a wager by making a bet against the side or chance one has bet on. |
| • | To use reservations and qualifications in one's speech so as to avoid committing one's self to anything definite. |
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- Wall Street Journal: Apr 29, 2024
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