Past tense of hedge
regular verb
The past tense of hedge is hedged. The past participle is also hedged.
Forms of hedge
| Base form (V1) | hedge /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | hedged /hɛd͡ʒd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | hedged /hɛd͡ʒd/ |
| Present participle | hedging /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | hedges /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪz/ |
Hedged in a sentence
- He carefully hedged his statements with weasel words.
- She was hedged in by her husband's rules.From the entry hedge in
- It was a promise, but hedged in with so many ifs and buts that I wouldn't rely on it.From the entry hedge in
- He would drive along above the little town with its flat, straight roads, iron-rooved houses, hedged gardens.1987, Marguerite Poland, Train to Doringbult, London: The Bodley Head, →ISBN, pages 89–90. From the entry rooved
- The densely-foliaged trees hedged a sombre pool, deep and quiet.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 154. From the entry fox
Meaning of hedge
- noun A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.
- noun A barrier (often consisting of a line of persons or objects) to protect someone or something from harm.
- noun A mound of earth, stone- or turf-faced, often topped with bushes, used as a fence between any two portions of land.
Questions about the past tense of hedge
- What is the past tense of hedge?
- The past tense of hedge is hedged.
- What is the past participle of hedge?
- The past participle of hedge is hedged.
- Is hedge a regular or irregular verb?
- Hedge is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hedge (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of hedge.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/hedge. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
