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wedge — ► NOUN 1) a piece of wood, metal, etc. with a thick end that tapers to a thin edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them. 2) a wedge shaped thing or piece. 3) a golf club with a low, angled face for… … English terms dictionary
wedge´like´ — wedge «wehj», noun, verb, wedged, wedg|ing. –n. 1. a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used especially in splitting and separating. It is one of the simple machines. 2. a) something shaped like a… … Useful english dictionary
Wedge — Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedging}.] [1913 Webster] 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. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To force… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
wedge — [wej] n. [ME wegge < OE wecg, akin to Ger dial. weck < IE * wogwhyo , wedge, akin to * wogwhni s, plowshare > L vomis, OHG waganso] 1. a piece of hard material, as wood or metal, tapering from a thick back to a thin edge that can be… … English World dictionary
Wedge — (w[e^]j), n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. v[ae]gge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. {Wigg}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A piece of metal, or other hard material … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wedge boots — or wedgies are boots with a sole in the form of a wedge so that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both the sole and the heel. Wedge boots are more common for women and often have a sole that is much thicker at the back than the… … Wikipedia
wedge heel — wedge′ heel′ n. clo a heel formed by a roughly triangular or wedgelike piece that extends from the front or middle to the back of the sole … From formal English to slang
wedge — [n] solid piece, often triangular block, chock, chunk, cleat, cotter, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper; concepts 471,499 Ant. whole … New thesaurus
wedge — wedgelike, adj. /wej/, n., v., wedged, wedging. n. 1. a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Cf.… … Universalium
wedge — /wɛdʒ / (say wej) noun 1. a device (one of the so called simple machines) consisting of a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle. 2. a piece of anything of this shape: a wedge of pie; a cheese wedge. 3.… …
wedge — [[t]we̱ʤ[/t]] wedges, wedging, wedged 1) VERB If you wedge something, you force it to remain in a particular position by holding it there tightly or by fixing something next to it to prevent it from moving. [V n] I shut the shed door and wedged… … English dictionary
