behedge
Meanings
Verb
- To hedge about; surround with or as with a hedge.
- To determine the boundary or limit of; define.
- To surround; beset; plague; hinder.
- To straiten; restrict; constrain; limit.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English *biheggen, *biheien, *beheȝen, from Old English behegian (“to hedge around”), equivalent to be- + hedge. Cognate with Dutch beheggen (“to put a hedge around, behedge”).
Synonyms
behedge, betine, bind, blunt, border, bound, bury, chasten, check, contain, cork, curb, curtail, dampen, define, delay, difficult, diminish, enclose, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, guard, hamper, hamshackle, handicap, hedge, hinder, hold back, hold down, hold up, hurt, impair, impede, incommode, interfere, intervene, lessen, let, limit, mar, obstruct, overslaugh, preclude, prevene, prevent, prohibit, reduce, repress, restrain, restrict, retard, shackle, slow down, stay, stifle, stop, straiten, subdue, suppress, throttle, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, underbring, undermine, vanquish, weaken, withhold, withstrain, worsen
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