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  • English Word Hedged Definition of Hedge
  • English Word Hedgehog Definition A small European insectivore (Erinaceus Europaeus), and other allied species of Asia and Africa, having the hair on the upper part of its body mixed with prickles or spines. It is able to roll itself into a ball so as to present the spines outwardly in every direction. It is nocturnal in its habits, feeding chiefly upon insects.
  • English Word Hedgehog Definition The Canadian porcupine.
  • English Word Hedgehog Definition A species of Medicago (M. intertexta), the pods of which are armed with short spines; -- popularly so called.
  • English Word Hedgehog Definition A form of dredging machine.
  • English Word Hedgeless Definition Having no hedge.
  • English Word Hedgepig Definition A young hedgehog.
  • English Word Hedger Definition One who makes or mends hedges; also, one who hedges, as, in betting.
  • English Word Hedgerow Definition A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields.
  • English Word Hedging Definition of Hedge
  • English Word Hedging bill Definition A hedge bill. See under Hedge.
  • English Word Hedonic Definition Pertaining to pleasure.
  • English Word Hedonic Definition Of or relating to Hedonism or the Hedonic sect.
  • English Word Hedonistic Definition Same as Hedonic, 2.
  • English Word Heed Definition To mind; to regard with care; to take notice of; to attend to; to observe.
  • English Word Heed Definition To mind; to consider.
  • English Word Heed Definition Attention; notice; observation; regard; -- often with give or take.
  • English Word Heed Definition Careful consideration; obedient regard.
  • English Word Heed Definition A look or expression of heading.
  • English Word Heeded Definition of Heed
  • English Word Heedful Definition Full of heed; regarding with care; cautious; circumspect; attentive; vigilant.
  • English Word Heeding Definition of Heed
  • English Word Heedless Definition Without heed or care; inattentive; careless; thoughtless; unobservant.
  • English Word Heedy Definition Heedful.
  • English Word Heel Definition To lean or tip to one side, as a ship; as, the ship heels aport; the boat heeled over when the squall struck it.
  • English Word Heel Definition The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; -- in man or quadrupeds.
  • English Word Heel Definition The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or shoe.
  • English Word Heel Definition The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or concluding part.
  • English Word Heel Definition Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
  • English Word Heel Definition The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests