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wedge  (wj)

n.

1. 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.

2.

a. Something shaped like a wedge: a wedge of pie.

b. Downstate New York See submarine. See Regional Note at submarine.

c. A wedge-shaped formation, as in ground warfare.

3.

a. Something that intrudes and causes division or disruption: His nomination drove a wedge into party unity.

b. Something that forces an opening or a beginning: a wedge in the war on poverty.

4. Meteorology See ridge.

5. Sports An iron golf club with a very slanted face, used to lift the ball, as from sand.

6. One of the triangular characters of cuneiform writing.

v. wedged, wedg·ing, wedg·es

v.tr.

1. To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge.

2. To fix in place or tighten with a wedge.

3. To crowd or squeeze into a limited space.

v.intr.

To become lodged or jammed.

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[Middle English wegge, from Old English wecg.]

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wedge [wɛdʒ]

n

1. 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

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

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

4. (Clothing & Fashion) a shoe with a wedge heel

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations) Golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for bunker shots (sand wedge) or pitch shots (pitching wedge)

6. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a wedge-shaped extension of the high pressure area of an anticyclone, narrower than a ridge

7. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) Mountaineering a wedge-shaped device, formerly of wood, now usually of hollow steel, for hammering into a crack to provide an anchor point

8. (Linguistics / Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) any of the triangular characters used in cuneiform writing

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

10. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) 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

11. Brit slang a bribe

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

vb

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

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

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

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

wedgelike  adj

wedgy  adj

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Wedge anything in the form of a wedge, e.g., a body of troops; a group of animals or birds; silver plate collectively, 1725.

Examples: wedge of cheese, 1835; of wild fowl, 1869; of clangorous geese, 1889; of wild geese, 1725; of horse, 1615; of men, 1614; of policemen, 1887; of standing people, 1913; of swans; of troops.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wedge - any shape that is triangular in cross section cuneus, wedge shape triangle, trigon, trilateral - a three-sided polygon
	2.	wedge - 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 hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, submarine, bomber, hero sandwich - two (or more) slices of bread with a filling between them
	3.	wedge - a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation hacek diacritic, diacritical mark - a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
	4.	wedge - a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe wedge heel heel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevation wedgie - a shoe with a wedge heel
	5.	wedge - (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole golf, golf game - a game played on a large open course with 9 or 18 holes; the object is use as few strokes as possible in playing all the holes iron - a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head pitching wedge - a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstacles sand wedge - a wedge used to get out of sand traps
	6.	wedge - something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them ax head, axe head - the cutting head of an ax colter, coulter - a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil inclined plane - a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal moldboard, mouldboard - wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow ploughshare, plowshare, share - a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil coign, coigne, quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase shim - a thin wedge of material (wood or metal or stone) for driving into crevices
	7.	wedge - a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object chock block - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" sprag - a chock or bar wedged under a wheel or between the spokes to prevent a vehicle from rolling down an incline
Verb	1.	wedge - put, fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack" deposit, stick, lodge fasten, fix, secure - cause to be firmly attached; "fasten the lock onto the door"; "she fixed her gaze on the man" redeposit - deposit anew; "The water had redeposited minerals on the rocks"
	2.	wedge - squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" squeeze, force impact - press or wedge together; pack together compress, pack together, compact - make more compact by or as if by pressing; "compress the data" move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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wedge

verb

squeeze, force, lodge, jam, crowd, block, stuff, pack, thrust, ram, cram, stow He wedged himself between the door and the radiator.

noun

block, segment, lump, chunk, triangle, slab, hunk, chock, wodge (Brit. informal) a wedge of cheese

Translations

wedge [wedʒ]

A. N

1. (for keeping in position) → cuña f, calza f
to drive a wedge between two people → abrir una brecha entre dos personas
this is the thin end of the wedge → esto puede ser el principio de muchos males

2. (= piece) [of cheese, cake] → porción f, pedazo m (grande)

3. (Golf) → wedge m, cucharilla f

B. VT to wedge sth in place → asegurar algo
to wedge a door open → mantener abierta una puerta con una cuña or una calza
I was wedged between two other passengers → me estuve apretado or inmovilizado entre otros dos pasajeros
it's wedged → no se puede mover

C. CPD wedge heel N → tacón m de cuña

wedge in VT + ADV the car was wedged in between two lorries → el coche quedó encajado entre dos camiones
a short documentary wedged in between sports programmes → un documental corto encasillado entre programas deportivos

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wedge [ˈwɛdʒ]

n

[wood] → coin m; (under door) → cale f

[cake, cheese] → part f

to drive a wedge between sb and sb → creuser un fossé entre qn et qn

the thin end of the wedge → le commencement des ennuis

vt

(= fix) → caler
to wedge sth open → caler qch en position ouverte

(= push) → enfoncer, coincer
to wedge sth in sth → enfoncer qch dans qch
to be wedged between → être coincé(e) entre
wedge-heeled shoes [ˈwɛdʒhiːld] npl → chaussures fpl à semelles compensées
wedge-shaped [ˈwɛdʒʃeɪpt] adj → en forme de coin

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wedge

n

(of wood etc, fig) → Keil m; rubber wedge → Gummibolzen m; it’s the thin end of the wedge → so fängts immer an; that would be the thin end of the wedge → das wäre der Anfang von Ende; she is driving a wedge between us → sie treibt einen Keil zwischen uns

(= triangular shape) (of cake etc) → Stück nt; (of cheese) → Ecke f; a wedge of land → ein keilförmiges Stück Land; the seats were arranged in a wedge → die Sitzreihen waren keilförmig angeordnet

(= shoe) → Schuh m → mit Keilabsatz; (also wedge heel) → Keilabsatz m

vt

(= fix with a wedge) → verkeilen, (mit einem Keil) festklemmen; to wedge a door/window open/shut → eine Tür/ein Fenster festklemmen or verkeilen

(fig: = pack tightly) to wedge oneself/something → sich/etw zwängen (→ in in +acc); to be wedged between two things/people → zwischen zwei Dingen/Personen eingekeilt or eingezwängt sein; the fat man sat wedged in his chair → der dicke Mann saß in seinen Stuhl gezwängt; we were all wedged together in the back of the car → wir saßen alle zusammengepfercht or eingezwängt im Fond des Wagens; try wedging the cracks with newspaper → versuchen Sie, die Spalten mit Zeitungspapier zuzustopfen

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wedge [wɛdʒ]

1. n (under door) → zeppa; (for splitting sth) → cuneo; (piece, of cheese, cake) → fetta
it's the thin end of the wedge (fig) → è l'inizio della fine
to drive a wedge between two people → intaccare il rapporto tra due persone

2. vt → mettere una zeppa sotto or in
to wedge a door open → tenere aperta una porta con un fermo
the car was wedged between two lorries → la macchina era incastrata tra due camion

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wedge

n wedge [wedʒ]

1 a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut. wig إسْفين клин klín(ek) kile der Keil σφήνα cuña kiil گوه kiila coin; cale טְרִיז पच्चर klin ék baji fleygur cuneo くさび 쐐기 pleištas ķīlis baji, pasak wig kile klin cunha pană (de despicat) клин klin; klinový zagozda klin kil ลิ่ม kama, takoz 楔 клин پھانا cái nệm 楔

2 something similar in shape a wedge of cheese. wig شَيءٌ على شَكْل إسْفين клиновиден kus (kileformet) stykke die Ecke φέτα porción, pedazo viil(akas) قاچ lohko morceau גוּש מְשוּלַש फान के आकार का klinast predmet (ék alakú) szelet irisan berbentuk baji geiri spicchio くさび状の 쐐기꼴의 것 trikampis gabaliukas (trīsstūra) gabaliņš sepotong punt stykke trójkątny kawałek fatia bucată (треугольный) кусок kus predmet v obliki zagozde klin trekantig (kilformig) bit ของที่มีลักษณะลิ่ม kama şeklinde parça 楔形物 трикутний шмат اسی شکل سے ملتی جلتی کوءی چیز vật hình cái nệm 楔形物

v

to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway. vassit, inwig ينْحَشِر، يَعْلَق заклещвам се zaklínit (se) kile fast verkeilen σφηνώνω, σφηνώνομαι acuñar; apretar kiiluma, kiiluga kinnitama با گوه نگه داشتن kiilautua (se) coincer לְחַזֵק בְּיָתֵד जड़ना zakucan beékel menyekat verða blÿfastur incastrare, incastrarsi くさびで留める 쐐기로 고정시키다 įstrigti, į(si)tvirtinti, įvaryti ieķīlēt; noķīlēt; ieķīlēties; iespriesties memasak, membaji vastklemmen; bekneld raken kile/klemme fast zaklinować się entalar(-se) a fixa cu ajutorul unei pene втискивать(ся) zakliniť (sa) zagozditi (se) ugurati kila fast ทำให้แน่น; ทำให้ติด sıkış(tır)mak 卡住，被卡住 вклинюватися پھانا ٹھونک کر گاڑنا chèn 挤入