wedge in English dictionary

  • wedge

    Meanings and definitions of "wedge"

    • 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).
    • A piece (of food etc.) having this shape.
    • (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
    • (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
    • A group of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation.
    • (in the plural) Wedge-heeled shoes.
    • (colloquial, UK) A quantity of money.
    • To support or secure using a wedge.
    • To force into a narrow gap.
    • To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A piece (of food, etc.) having this shape.
    • noun
      (geometry)
      A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
    • noun
      (archaic)
      A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
    • noun
      (golf)
      A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
    • noun
      A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
    • noun
      One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
    • noun
      (colloquial, Britain)
      A quantity of money.
    • noun
      (typography, US)
      háček
    • noun
      (phonetics)
      The IPA character <ʌ>, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
    • noun
      (mathematics)
      The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
    • noun
      (meteorology)
      a wedge tornado
    • noun
      (Britain, Cambridge University, slang)
      The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
    • verb
      To support or secure using a wedge.
    • verb
      To force into a narrow gap.
    • verb
      To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
    • verb
      For a computer program or system to get stuck in an unresponsive state, as if something had metaphorically wedged in its gears.
    • simple machine
    • piece of food etc.
    • flank of cavalry
    • golf club
    • group of geese or swans in flight
    • wedge-heeled shoe
    • to support or secure using a wedge
    • to force into a narrow gap
    • One segment of a pie chart.
    • noun
      any shape that is triangular in cross section
    • noun
      a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
    • noun
      A compact speaker with an angled back that is laid on the floor; the angle is typically 30 degrees which points the speaker back and up towards the performer.
      Each monitor mix contains a blend of different vocal and instruments, and a floor monitor speaker or "wedge" is placed in front of the performer.
    • noun
      a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
    • noun
      a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
    • 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
    • noun
      (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
    • noun
      something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
    • verb
      put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"
    • verb
      squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner"

    Synonyms of "wedge" in English dictionary

    hero, chock, inclined plane are the top synonyms of "wedge" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "wedge" in English dictionary

    dislodge is the antonym of "wedge" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of wedge

    • lp  liczba pojedyncza wedge, lm  liczba mnoga wedges
    • wedge ( plural  wedges) 150px
    • wedge ( third-person singular simple present wedges, present participle wedging, simple past and past participle wedged)
    • wedge (plural wedges)
    • wedge (third-person singular simple present wedges, present participle wedging, simple past and past participle wedged)
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