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1wedge — wedge1 [ wedʒ ] noun count 1. ) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart a ) something that has the shape of a wedge …
2wedge — I UK [wedʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wedge : singular wedge plural wedges 1) a) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force… …
3wedge — [[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… …
4wedge — /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.… …
5wedge´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… …
6Wedge — 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… …
7wedge — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wegge, from Old English wecg; akin to Old High German wecki wedge, Lithuanian vagis Date: before 12th century 1. a piece of a substance (as wood or iron) that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting wood… …
8wedge — [wedʒ] noun [C] I 1) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other. You press it into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart. 2) a piece of something that is shaped like a wedge a… …
9wedge — wedge1 [wedʒ] n [: Old English; Origin: wecg] 1.) a piece of wood, metal etc that has one thick edge and one pointed edge and is used especially for keeping a door open or for splitting wood 2.) a piece of food shaped like a wedge ▪ Garnish with… …
10wedge — 1 noun (C) 1 a piece of wood, metal etc that has one thick edge and one pointed edge and is used especially for keeping a door open or for splitting wood 2 a piece of food shaped like this: a wedge of chocolate cake | Garnish with lemon wedges. 3 …
