kedge
Americanverb (used with object)
-
kedges,
present (3rd person singular)
-
kedged,
past participle, past
-
kedging
present participle
verb (used without object)
-
kedges,
present (3rd person singular)
-
kedged,
past participle, past
-
kedging
present participle
noun
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
-
kedgesimple
-
kedgessimple
-
have kedgedperfect
-
has kedgedperfect
-
am kedgingprogressive
-
are kedgingprogressive
-
is kedgingprogressive
-
have been kedgingperfect progressive
-
has been kedgingperfect progressive
Past
-
kedgedsimple
-
had kedgedperfect
-
was kedgingprogressive
-
were kedgingprogressive
-
had been kedgingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of kedge
1475–85; akin to Middle English caggen to fasten; see cadge 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
The Admiral trimmed ship and hauled himself off the reef with his kedge, and stood off majestically down the corridors of the Senate Office Building.
From Time Magazine Archive
He dropped a kedge at the caucus room door, and rode up into the eye of a gentle breeze, and backed his mainsail.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boats were already in the water, the kedge lifted, and the crews bending forward in readiness for the signal.
From A Roving Commission Or, Through the Black Insurrection at Hayti by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
We'll call it a kedge, Mr. Glen," said I. "A kedge, you say," answered Mr. Glen, with a titter, "and a kedge we'll make it.
From The Watchers A Novel by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
"Get out a kedge; we'll try to warp her off when the tide comes in."
From The Sea Bride by Ben Ames Williams
From the rocks, or the place where the kedges were laid to a point within thirty feet of the ship, these chains were dotted with living beings crawling cautiously upward.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
The Constitution kept two kedges going all through that summer day, but the Shannon was playing the same game, and the two ships maintained their relative positions.
From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Ralph Delahaye Paine
Finally he put out cables, kedges, anchors, and springs, so that with the capstan he could turn his vessels and bring either side to bear on the foe.
From Rolf in the Woods by Ernest Thompson Seton
Two kedges were found, and a hawser was bent to one, when the launch was carried outside of the bar and anchored.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
The drift continued; though, as the kedges and hawsers with which the anchors were backed took the strains, it became sensibly less.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by James Fenimore Cooper
She kedged up toward Norfolk, and when the tide rose ran in and anchored between the forts; and a few days later dropped down to cover the forts which were being built at Craney Island.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
At 7 in the evening the wind almost died out, and for four more weary hours the worn-out sailors towed and kedged.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
By our utmost exertions the bark was gotten off, not a moment too soon, however, for by the time we kedged her into deep water a pampeiro was upon us.
From Voyage of the Liberdade by Joshua Slocum
The Good Intent can't be towed, not with our handful of men; but why shouldn't she be kedged?
From In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India by Herbert Strang
Under Hayes's direction, at flood-tide, she was then kedged over the reef into the lagoon, and anchored in smooth water.
From Concerning "Bully" Hayes From "The Strange Adventure Of James Shervinton and Other Stories" - 1902 by Louis Becke
Having sounded in 26 fathoms, Lieutenant Charles Morris suggested to Hull to try kedging.
From The Naval War of 1812 Or the History of the United States Navy during the Last War with Great Britain to Which Is Appended an Account of the Battle of New Orleans by Theodore Roosevelt
Filled with curiosity as to what a "jolly bit of kedging" might be, and also pleased with the idea that he was not considered utterly useless, Alaric hastily dressed and hurried on deck.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
The captain of one of the enemy's frigates now sees the game, and tries kedging, but does not get near enough to throw a shot.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Albert F. Blaisdell
From thence, after two days' incessant kedging and towing, we anchored off the town of Kuchin, on the morning of the 8th instant.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
The first, a timber vessel, missing her course a little, went on the beach; but at the next tide, by carrying an anchor into deep water and kedging, she was floated again.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
