wedged

[ wejd ]

/ wɛdʒd /

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adjective

having the shape of a wedge.

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Origin of wedged

First recorded in 1545–55; wedge + -ed³

Definition for wedged (2 of 2)

wedge

[ wej ]

/ wɛdʒ /

noun

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.Compare machine(def 3b).

a piece of anything of like shape: a wedge of pie.

a cuneiform character or stroke of this shape.

Meteorology. (formerly) an elongated area of relatively high pressure.

something that serves to part, split, divide, etc.: The quarrel drove a wedge into the party organization.

Military. (formerly) a tactical formation generally in the form of a V with the point toward the enemy.

Golf. a club with an iron head the face of which is nearly horizontal, for lofting the ball, especially out of sand traps and high grass.

Optics. optical wedge.

haček.

Chiefly Coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island. a hero sandwich.

a wedge heel or shoe with such a heel.

verb (used with object), wedged, wedg·ing.

to separate or split with or as if with a wedge (often followed by open, apart, etc.): to wedge open a log.

to insert or fix with a wedge.

to pack or fix tightly: to wedge clothes into a suitcase.

to thrust, drive, fix, etc., like a wedge: He wedged himself through the narrow opening.

Ceramics. to pound (clay) in order to remove air bubbles.

to fell or direct the fall of (a tree) by driving wedges into the cut made by the saw.

verb (used without object), wedged, wedg·ing.

to force a way like a wedge (usually followed by in, into, through, etc.): The box won't wedge into such a narrow space.

Origin of wedge

before 900; Middle English wegge (noun), Old English wecg; cognate with dialectal German Weck (Old High German wecki), Old Norse veggr

SYNONYMS FOR wedge

14 cram, jam, stuff, crowd, squeeze.

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Related formswedge·like, adjectiveun·wedge, verb (used with object), un·wedged, un·wedg·ing.

Regional variation note

10. See hero sandwich.

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Just then Mr. Blacksnake wedged his head in under the old log and began to push and wriggle harder than ever.
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This does not form one body with the rest of the frame, but is attached extemporaneously to it by bars and wedged bolts.
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Gwyn uttered an inarticulate sound, but only wedged his arms out more firmly.
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British Dictionary definitions for wedged

wedge

/ (wɛdʒ) /

noun

a block of solid material, esp wood or metal, that is shaped like a narrow V in cross section and can be pushed or driven between two objects or parts of an object in order to split or secure them

any formation, structure, or substance in the shape of a wedgea wedge of cheese

something such as an idea, action, etc, that tends to cause division

a shoe with a wedge heel

golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for bunker shots (sand wedge) or pitch shots (pitching wedge)

a wedge-shaped extension of the high pressure area of an anticyclone, narrower than a ridge

mountaineering a wedge-shaped device, formerly of wood, now usually of hollow steel, for hammering into a crack to provide an anchor point

any of the triangular characters used in cuneiform writing

(formerly) a body of troops formed in a V-shape

photog a strip of glass coated in such a way that it is clear at one end but becomes progressively more opaque towards the other end: used in making measurements of transmission density

British slang a bribe

thin end of the wedge anything unimportant in itself that implies the start of something much larger

verb

(tr) to secure with or as if with a wedge

to squeeze or be squeezed like a wedge into a narrow space

(tr) to force apart or divide with or as if with a wedge

Derived Formswedgelike, adjectivewedgy, adjective

Word Origin for wedge

Old English wecg; related to Old Saxon weggi, Old High German wecki, Old Norse veggr wall

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Word Origin and History for wedged (1 of 2)

wedge

mid-15c., from wedge (n.). Related: Wedged; wedging.

Word Origin and History for wedged (1 of 2)

wedge

Old English wecg "a wedge," from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (cf. Old Norse veggr, Middle Dutch wegge, Dutch wig, Old High German weggi "wedge," German Weck "wedge-shaped bread roll"), of unknown origin. Wedge issue is attested from 1999.

Idioms and Phrases with wedged

wedge

see thin edge of the wedge.

wedged

adjective

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Definition for wedged (2 of 2)

wedge

noun

verb (used with object), wedged, wedg·ing.

verb (used without object), wedged, wedg·ing.

Origin of wedge

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British Dictionary definitions for wedged

wedge

noun

verb

Word Origin for wedge

Word Origin and History for wedged (1 of 2)

wedge

Word Origin and History for wedged (1 of 2)

wedge

Idioms and Phrases with wedged

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