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Definition of Wedge
1. Noun. Any shape that is triangular in cross section.
2. Verb. Put, fix, force, or implant. "They wedge the books into the box"; "Stick your thumb in the crack"
Generic synonyms: Fasten, Fix, Secure
Specialized synonyms: Redeposit
Antonyms: Dislodge
Derivative terms: Lodgement, Lodging
Also: Stick Out
3. Noun. A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States.
Generic synonyms: Sandwich
4. Verb. Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. "I squeezed myself into the corner"
Specialized synonyms: Impact, Compact, Compress, Pack Together
Generic synonyms: Displace, Move
5. Noun. A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation.
6. Noun. A heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe.
7. Noun. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole.
Generic synonyms: Iron
Specialized synonyms: Pitching Wedge, Sand Wedge
8. Noun. Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them.
Generic synonyms: Inclined Plane
9. Noun. A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object.
Generic synonyms: Block
Specialized synonyms: Sprag
Derivative terms: Chock, Chock
Definition of Wedge
1. n. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.
2. v. t. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
3. n. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.
4. v. t. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
Definition of Wedge
1. Noun. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering (Wikipedia article). ¹
2. Noun. A piece (of food etc.) having this shape. ¹
3. Noun. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation. ¹
4. Noun. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories. ¹
5. Noun. A group of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation. ¹
6. Noun. (in the plural) Wedge-heeled shoes. ¹
7. Noun. (context: colloquial British) A quantity of money. ¹
8. Noun. (typography US) = (há?ek) ¹
9. Noun. (phonetics) The (IPA) character (IPAchar ), which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel. ¹
10. Verb. To support or secure using a wedge. ¹
11. Verb. To force into a narrow gap. ¹
12. Verb. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Wedge
1. to force apart with a wedge (a tapering piece of wood or metal) [v WEDGED, WEDGING, WEDGES]
Medical Definition of Wedge
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1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. "My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain."
2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven. "Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more." (Shak) "He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth." (Mrs. J. H. Ewing)
3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.
4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something. "Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast." (Dryden)
5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
6. To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
Origin: Wedged; Wedging.
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc, in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers.
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