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Definition and meaning of wedge
Definitions
wedge (v. trans.)
1.hold firmly and tightly
2.squeeze like a wedge into a tight space"I squeezed myself into the corner"
3.fix, force, or implant"lodge a bullet in the table"
wedge (n.)
1.a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
2.something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
3.(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
4.a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe
5.a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
6.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
7.any shape that is triangular in cross section
wedge (v.)
1.put, fix, force, or implant"lodge a bullet in the table" "stick your thumb in the crack"
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Merriam Webster
WedgeWedge (wĕj), n. [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. vægge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. Wigg.]
1. A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical.
2. (Geom.) A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
3. A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form. “Wedges of gold.” Shak.
4. Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
In warlike muster they appear,
In rhombs, and wedges, and half-moons, and wings. Milton.
5. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828. [Cant, Cambridge Univ., Eng.] C. A. Bristed.
6. (Golf) A golf club having an iron head with the face nearly horizontal, used for lofting the golf ball at a high angle, as when hitting the ball out of a sand trap or the rough.
Fox wedge. (Mach. & Carpentry) See under Fox. -- Spherical wedge (Geom.), the portion of a sphere included between two planes which intersect in a diameter.
WedgeWedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.]
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.
2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger
Could not be wedged in more. Shak.
He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a snug berth. Mrs. J. H. Ewing.
3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way. Milton.
4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.
Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. Dryden.
5. To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc. Tomlinson.
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Synonyms
wedge (n.)
bomber, caron, chock, cotter, Cuban sandwich, cuneus, grinder, hacek, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, inverted circumflex, inverted hat, Italian sandwich, key, poor boy, skid, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge heel, wedge shape, zep
wedge (v.)
chock, clamp, clamp together, clasp, clench, deposit, lodge, pinch, press together, screw up, squeeze, squeeze together, stick, tweak
See also
wedge (v. trans.)
↘ constriction ≠ dislodge, free, unclasp
wedge (n.)
Phrases
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⇨ Abductor wedge • Accretionary wedge • Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge • Beetle and Wedge • Big Wedge • Biggs and Wedge • Bigs and wedge • Canadian military fur wedge cap • Charles Wedge • Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps • Chris Wedge • Clastic wedge • Cleopatra's Wedge • DOS Wedge • Dave Wedge • Don Wedge • Double wedge • Edge of the wedge theorem • Edge-of-the-wedge theorem • Edward Davy Wedge • Edwin Wedge • Eric Wedge • Flying Wedge Pizza • Flying wedge • Frank Wedge • Gap wedge • Harry Wedge • Ice wedge • Inverted wedge • Jessica Wedge • John Helder Wedge • John Wedge • Labbacallee wedge tomb • List of The Wedge characters and sketches • List of The Wedge episodes • Lob wedge • Pitching wedge • Potato wedge • Pulmonary wedge pressure • Red Wedge • Sand wedge • Spherical wedge • Stabilization Wedge Game • Stuart Wedge • Tasmanian Wedge-tailed Eagle • Tax wedge • The Flying Wedge Award • The Wedge • The Wedge (Alberta) • The Wedge (Australian TV series) • The Wedge (Canadian TV series) • The Wedge (disambiguation) • The Wedge (surfing) • Thomas Wedge (rugby union) • Thomas Wedge of Chester • Wedge (Transformers) • Wedge (border) • Wedge (geometry) • Wedge (golf) • Wedge (mechanical device) • Wedge Antilles • Wedge Co-op • Wedge Community Co-op • Wedge Community Cooperative • Wedge Document • Wedge International Tower • Wedge Island • Wedge Island (Nova Scotia) • Wedge Island (South Australia) • Wedge Island (Tasmania) • Wedge Island (Western Australia) • Wedge Island (disambiguation) • Wedge Mine • Wedge Mountain • Wedge Pass • Wedge Peak • Wedge Plantation • Wedge Records • Wedge Strategy • Wedge base • Wedge boot • Wedge boots • Wedge filter • Wedge formation • Wedge fracture • Wedge issue • Wedge pattern • Wedge patterns • Wedge prism • Wedge resection • Wedge resection (lung) • Wedge strategy • Wedge sum • Wedge tailed eagle • Wedge wood • Wedge's Gamble • Wedge-Snouted Skink • Wedge-billed • Wedge-billed Hummingbird • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper • Wedge-billed Wren-babbler • Wedge-rumped Storm-petrel • Wedge-shaped beetle • Wedge-shaped gallery grave • Wedge-tailed • Wedge-tailed Eagle • Wedge-tailed Grass-finch • Wedge-tailed Green Pigeon • Wedge-tailed Green-pigeon • Wedge-tailed Hillstar • Wedge-tailed Jery • Wedge-tailed Pigeon • Wedge-tailed Sabrewing • Wedge-tailed Shearwater • Wedge-tailed Shearwaters • William Wedge Darke
Analogical dictionary
wedge (n.)
wedge (n.)
wedge (n.)
inclined plane[Hyper.]
force, squeeze, wedge[Dérivé]
wedge (n.)
iron[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
diacritic, diacritical mark[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
sandwich, sandwich filling[Hyper.]
wedge (n.)
triangle, trigon, trilateral[Hyper.]
force, squeeze, wedge[Dérivé]
wedge (n.)
helping, portion, serving[Similaire]
wedge (v.)
wedge (v. tr.)
wedge (v. tr.)
displace, move, rehang, shunt[Hyper.]
wedge - cuneus, wedge, wedge shape[Dérivé]
wedge (v. tr.)
Wikipedia
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Wedge may refer to:
Mathematics:
- Triangular prism, a parallel triangle wedge
- Wedge (geometry), a polyhedral solid defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces
- Wedge product, a mathematical term, named for the ∧ operator symbol used
- Wedge sum, in mathematics, a "one-point union" of a family of topological spaces
- Logical conjunction, an operator in logic and mathematics represented by the
symbol
Abstract concepts:
- Wedge pattern, technical analysis financial chart patterns
- Wedge issue, in politics, a divisive issue used to split the support base of an opposing political group
- Wedge strategy, a Creationist political action plan
- In phonetics, a name for the International Phonetic Alphabet symbol ʌ, representing the open-mid back unrounded vowel
- Stabilization Wedge Game, in climatology, a concept developed to demonstrate that global warming is a problem which can be solved by implementing today's technologies to reduce CO2 emissions
Military:
- Flying wedge, a troop formation
- Wedge (hat) A type of hat used by some military organizations
- Wedge: The Secret War between the FBI and CIA, a book by Mark Riebling
Natural phenomena:
- Wedge tornado, a tornado similar in shape to the mechanical device
- A form of cold air damming, a weather phenomenon
- Wedge pressure, the blood pressure measured in a pulmonary artery
Organisations:
- Wedge Card, a social enterprise started by the founder of The Big Issue John Bird to promote local business, shops and communities.
- Wedge Community Co-op, a cooperative grocery in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
- Wedge Records, a record label
- Wedge Group a British Galvanising Company
People and characters:
- Eric Wedge, manager of the Seattle Mariners
- Wedge (Transformers), an Autobot, leader of the Build Team in the "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" toy line
- Wedge Antilles, a character in the Star Wars films
- A recurring character in the Final Fantasy video game series: see Biggs and Wedge
Physical objects:
- A foldback (sound engineering) wedge, or monitor wedge
- A name for a submarine sandwich in Westchester & Putnam Counties, New York, and in Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
- A range of sports cars from British manufacturer TVR
- A shortening of Potato wedges
- wedge base, an electrical fitting for small light bulbs
- Wedge boots, a type of women's boot with a thick heel
- Wedge (golf), a specialized type of club used at short ranges
- Wedge (mechanical device), a simple machine used to separate two objects, or portions of objects, through the application of force
- Wheel chocks are wedges or at least partially wedge-shaped object used to arrest wheels and prevent their movement
Places:
- Wedge Island (disambiguation)
- Wedge (border), a small tract of land along the borders of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania
See also
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