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wedge
 wedgetop: wedge golf clubbottom:wedge sandal wedgewedge W0077500 (wĕj)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. 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 sharply upward, as from sand.6. A shoe having a heel that extends across the shank to the half sole, forming a continuous undersurface. Also called wedgie.7. Downstate New York See submarine sandwich.8. One of the various triangular marks that are the basic structural elements of cuneiform writing symbols.9. Sports In snow skiing, the snowplow.tr.v. wedged, wedg·ing, wedg·es 1. To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge: wedged the board away from the stud; neighbors who were wedged apart by a dispute.2. To fix in place or tighten with a wedge: wedged the window frame to be level.3. To crowd or squeeze into a limited space: wedged the books into the backpack.
[Middle English wegge, from Old English wecg.]wedge (wɛdʒ) n1. 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 them2. 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 division4. (Clothing & Fashion) a shoe with a wedge heel5. (Golf) golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for bunker shots (sand wedge) or pitch shots (pitching wedge)6. (Physical Geography) a wedge-shaped extension of the high pressure area of an anticyclone, narrower than a ridge7. (Mountaineering) mountaineering a wedge-shaped device, formerly of wood, now usually of hollow steel, for hammering into a crack to provide an anchor point8. (Letters of the Alphabet (Foreign)) any of the triangular characters used in cuneiform writing9. (Military) (formerly) a body of troops formed in a V-shape10. (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 density11. slang Brit a bribe12. thin end of the wedge anything unimportant in itself that implies the start of something much largervb13. (tr) to secure with or as if with a wedge14. to squeeze or be squeezed like a wedge into a narrow space15. (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] ˈwedgeˌlike adj ˈwedgy adjwedge (wɛdʒ)
n., v. wedged, wedg•ing. n. 1. 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. Compare machine (def. 2b). 2. a piece of anything of like shape: a wedge of pie. 3. a cuneiform character or stroke of this shape. 4. something that serves to part, split, divide, etc.: The quarrel drove a wedge between them. 5. an iron-headed golf club with a nearly horizontal face, used for lofting the ball. 6. a wedge heel or shoe with such a heel. 7. a V-shaped formation of infantry or cavalry, with the point directed toward the enemy. 8. flying wedge. 9. Chiefly Coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island. a hero sandwich. v.t. 10. to separate or split with or as if with a wedge (often fol. by open, apart, etc.). 11. to insert or fix with a wedge. 12. to pack or fix tightly; stuff. 13. to thrust, drive, fix, etc., like a wedge. v.i. 14. to force a way like a wedge (usu. fol. by in, into, through, etc.). [before 900; Middle English wegge (n.), Old English wecg, c. Old Saxon weggi, Old High German wecki, Old Norse veggr] 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.wedge
Past participle: wedged
Gerund: wedging
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| I wedge | | you wedge | | he/she/it wedges | | we wedge | | you wedge | | they wedge |
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| I wedged | | you wedged | | he/she/it wedged | | we wedged | | you wedged | | they wedged |
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| I am wedging | | you are wedging | | he/she/it is wedging | | we are wedging | | you are wedging | | they are wedging |
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| I have wedged | | you have wedged | | he/she/it has wedged | | we have wedged | | you have wedged | | they have wedged |
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| I was wedging | | you were wedging | | he/she/it was wedging | | we were wedging | | you were wedging | | they were wedging |
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| I had wedged | | you had wedged | | he/she/it had wedged | | we had wedged | | you had wedged | | they had wedged |
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| I will wedge | | you will wedge | | he/she/it will wedge | | we will wedge | | you will wedge | | they will wedge |
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| I will have wedged | | you will have wedged | | he/she/it will have wedged | | we will have wedged | | you will have wedged | | they will have wedged |
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| I will be wedging | | you will be wedging | | he/she/it will be wedging | | we will be wedging | | you will be wedging | | they will be wedging |
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| I have been wedging | | you have been wedging | | he/she/it has been wedging | | we have been wedging | | you have been wedging | | they have been wedging |
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| I will have been wedging | | you will have been wedging | | he/she/it will have been wedging | | we will have been wedging | | you will have been wedging | | they will have been wedging |
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| I had been wedging | | you had been wedging | | he/she/it had been wedging | | we had been wedging | | you had been wedging | | they had been wedging |
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| I would wedge | | you would wedge | | he/she/it would wedge | | we would wedge | | you would wedge | | they would wedge |
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| I would have wedged | | you would have wedged | | he/she/it would have wedged | | we would have wedged | | you would have wedged | | they would have wedged |
wedge1. A narrow area of high pressure between two depressions.2. Wedge-shaped club used for lofting the ball.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  wedge - any shape that is triangular in cross sectioncuneus, wedge shapetriangle, 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 Stateshero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, submarine sandwich, zep, torpedo, submarine, bomber, herosandwich - 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 pronunciationhacekdiacritic, 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 shoewedge heelheel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground and provides elevationwedgie - a shoe with a wedge heel | | 5. | wedge - (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad solegolf, 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 holesiron - a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal headpitching wedge - a wedge used to loft the golf ball over obstaclessand 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 themax head, axe head - the cutting head of an axcolter, coulter - a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soilinclined plane - a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontalmoldboard, mouldboard - wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrowploughshare, plowshare, share - a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soilcoign, coigne, quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chaseshim - 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 objectchockblock - 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, lodgefasten, 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, forceimpact - press or wedge together; pack togethercompress, 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" |
wedgeverb1. squeeze, force, lodge, jam, crowd, block, stuff, pack, thrust, ram, cram, stow He wedged himself between the door and the radiator.noun1. block, segment, lump, chunk, triangle, slab, hunk, chock, wodge (Brit. informal) a wedge of cheeseTranslationswedge (wedʒ) noun1. 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. 楔 楔2. something similar in shape. a wedge of cheese. 楔形物 楔形物 verb 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. 卡住，被卡住 被卡住，嵌，挤进 wedge
drive a wedge between (someone or something)To cause discord between two people or things. I used to be close friends with Tiffany, but once she started dating my ex-boyfriend, it really drove a wedge between us.See also: between, drive, wedgethe thin end of the wedgeThe inconspicuous beginning or initial stage of something that will be unfavorable, cause problems, or bring decline. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. This law is the thin edge of the wedge. If it's passed, you can expect more extreme legislation to follow.See also: end, of, thin, wedgethe thin edge of the wedgeSome minor change or development that instigates or foreshadows something much larger or more impactful. Typically used in reference to that which will lead to an unfortunate, undesirable, or catastrophic outcome. These new driverless cars are just the thin edge of the wedge, if you ask me—pretty soon, every facet of our lives will be controlled by robots and automation! If we allow them to get a foothold in this territory, it could be the thin edge of the wedge that sees them stealing huge portions of our market share.See also: edge, of, thin, wedgewedge into (something)1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging into the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged into the gears.2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun is used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged a napkin into the gap underneath one of the legs. I was wedged into my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand into the opening to stop the leak.See also: wedgewedge in1. To become lodged, jammed, or stuck into some tight space. I thought the car would fit, but it ended up wedging in the narrow alleyway. The fabric got caught on the machinery and wedged in.2. To jam or lodge someone or something into some tight space. A noun or pronoun can be used between "wedge" and "in"; often used in passive constructions. The table kept wobbling, so I wedged in a napkin under one of the legs. I was wedged in my seat for the entire performance. She wedged her hand in the opening to stop the leak.See also: wedgedrive a wedge betweensomeone and someone else Fig. to cause people to oppose one another or turn against one another. The argument drove a wedge between Mike and his father.See also: between, drive, wedgewedge someone or something (in) between people or thingsto work someone or something into a tiny space between people or things. The usher wedged us in between two enormously fat people, and we were all very uncomfortable. They wedged in the package between Jane and the wall. We had to wedge Timmy between Jed and the side of the car.See also: between, people, thing, wedgethin edge of the wedgeA minor change that begins a major development, especially an undesirable one. For example, First they asked me to postpone my vacation for a week, and then for a month; it's the thin edge of the wedge and pretty soon it'll be a year . This term alludes to the narrow wedge inserted into a log for splitting wood. [Mid-1800s] See also: edge, of, thin, wedgedrive a wedge between someone and someone COMMON If someone or something drives a wedge between people who are close, they cause bad feelings between them and this causes the relationship to fail. This was all part of his plan to separate me from my daughter and drive a wedge between us. His aim was to destabilize the country by driving a wedge between the people and their government.See also: and, between, drive, someone, wedgethe thin end of the wedge BRITISHThe thin end of the wedge is the beginning of something bad which seems harmless or unimportant at present but is likely to become much worse in the future. I think it's the thin end of the wedge when you have armed police permanently on patrol round a city. This decision could prove to be the thin end of the wedge towards making the 1.68 inch ball the legal ball the world over.See also: end, of, thin, wedgethe thin end of the wedge an action or procedure of little importance in itself, but which is likely to lead to more serious developments. informalSee also: end, of, thin, wedgedrive a wedge between A and B make two people become less friendly or loving towards each other: The disagreements over money finally drove a wedge between them, and they ended up getting divorced.A wedge is a piece of wood, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep two things apart or to split wood or rock.See also: and, between, drive, wedgethe thin ˌend of the ˈwedge (especially British English) used for saying that you fear that one small request, order, action, etc. is only the beginning of something larger and more serious or harmful: The government says it only wants to privatize one or two railway lines, but I think it’s the thin end of the wedge. They’ll all be privatized soon.A wedge is a piece of wood, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep two things apart or to split wood or rock.See also: end, of, thin, wedgewedge inv. To lodge or jam something or someone in some location: I accidently wedged my hat in the flue. The box was wedged in the crawl space.See also: wedgethin edge of the wedge, theAn unimportant action that is the start of a major development, often an undesirable one. This expression alludes to the pointed metal wedge inserted into a log for splitting wood. The expression began to be used figuratively in the nineteenth century. Anthony Trollope used it several times in Dr. Thorne (1858), and it was commonplace by the end of the century. Richard Blackmore had it in The Remarkable History of Sir Thomas Upmore (1884): “My father kept calling him . . . the thin edge of the wedge, and telling dear mother . . . not to let him in.”See also: edge, of, thinwedge
wedge, piece of wood or metal thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other; an application of the inclined planeinclined plane,
simple machine, consisting of a sloping surface, whose purpose is to reduce the force that must be applied to raise a load. To raise a body vertically a force must be applied that is equal to the weight of the body, i.e.
..... Click the link for more information. . It is employed in separating two objects from each other or in separating one part of a solid object from an adjoining part, as in splitting wood. The thin edge is applied to the surface of the solid or to the crack between two solids, and force is applied to the opposite thick edge. The ax, chisel, knife, nail, and carpenter's plane are wedges, and the camcam,
mechanical device for converting a rotating motion into a reciprocating, or back-and-forth, motion, or for changing a simple motion into a complex one. A simple form of cam is a circular disk set eccentrically on a shaft in order to induce (when the shaft rotates) a rising
..... Click the link for more information. is a rotating wedge.Wedge a part shaped like a prism, with two working surfaces that converge at an angle (see Figure 1). The cleaving action of a wedge provides a substantial force advantage: at a small angle and a rated coefficient of friction of 0.1, the transverse force Q can reach 5P, where P is the longitudinal force applied to the wedge. The force Q is usually assumed to be 1.25P to 1.5P.  Figure 1. Action of forces in a joint containing a wedge
Wedges are used to produce cleaving and cutting effects (for example, in chipping off metal parts or splitting firewood) or as an adjusting element (to provide clearance in the guides for rectilinear movement in machine tools) and also to clamp parts or, less frequently, to transmit reciprocating motion at an angle. wedge[wej] (communications) A convergent pattern of equally spaced black and white lines, used in a television test pattern to indicate resolution. (design engineering) A piece of resistant material whose two major surfaces make an acute angle. (electromagnetism) A waveguide termination consisting of a tapered length of dissipative material introduced into the guide, such as carbon. (engineering) In ultrasonic testing, a device which directs waves of ultrasonic energy into the test piece at an angle. (mathematics) A polyhedron whose base is a rectangle and whose lateral faces consist of two equilateral triangles and two trapezoids. (meteorology) ridge (optics) An optical filter in which the transmission decreases continuously or in steps from one end to the other. A refracting prism of very small angle, inserted in an optical train to introduce a bend in the ray path. Wedge A piece of resistant material whose two major surfaces make an acute angle. It is closely related to the inclined plane and is used to multiply the applied force and to change the direction in which it acts (see illustration). Force F is the smaller applied force and Q is the larger force to be exerted. In the absence of friction, forces must act normal to their surfaces; thus the actual force on the inclined surface is not Q but a larger force Fn. Summing up forces in the horizontal and vertical directions gives Eqs. (1). (1)  Combining the expressions for F and Q and solving for F gives Eq. (2). (2)  If angle Θ is small, the reaction of Q against F is exceeded by the friction between the face of the wedge and the adjacent body on which it rests. Thus the wedge tends to remain in position even when loaded by a large force Q. See Simple machine wedge1. A piece of wood, metal, or other hard material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other. 2.See lead wedge.wedge1. Golf a club with a face angle of more than 50°, used for bunker shots (sand wedge) or pitch shots (pitching wedge) 2. a wedge-shaped extension of the high pressure area of an anticyclone, narrower than a ridge 3. Mountaineering a wedge-shaped device, formerly of wood, now usually of hollow steel, for hammering into a crack to provide an anchor point 4. any of the triangular characters used in cuneiform writing 5. 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 wedge
wedge 1. a piece of material thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other end.2. to force something into a space of limited size; see also pressure" >wedge pressure.wedge (wej), A solid body having the shape of an acute-angled triangular prism. [A.S. weeg] wedge (wej) A solid body having the shape of an acute-angled triangular prism. [A.S. weeg]wedge
WedgeA chart pattern composed of two converging lines connecting peaks and troughs. In the case of falling wedges, the pattern indicates temporary interruptions of upward price rallies. In the case of rising wedges, indicates interruptions of a falling price trend.TriangleIn technical analysis, a series of high and low prices for a security that, when plotted on a chart, looks vaguely like a triangle. A triangle indicates that investors do not know whether a bull market or a bear market will prevail. If the triangle breaks upward, it is a bullish sign, but if it breaks downward, it is a bearish sign. A triangle is also called a wedge. See also: Ascending sign, Descending sign.WEdge
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Related to wedge: wedge pressure, Simple MachinesSynonyms for wedgeverb squeezeSynonyms- squeeze
- force
- lodge
- jam
- crowd
- block
- stuff
- pack
- thrust
- ram
- cram
- stow
noun blockSynonyms- block
- segment
- lump
- chunk
- triangle
- slab
- hunk
- chock
- wodge
Synonyms for wedgenoun any shape that is triangular in cross sectionSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun 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)Synonyms- hero sandwich
- hoagie
- hoagy
- Italian sandwich
- poor boy
- sub
- Cuban sandwich
- grinder
- submarine sandwich
- zep
- torpedo
- submarine
- bomber
- hero
Related Wordsnoun a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciationSynonymsRelated Words- diacritic
- diacritical mark
noun a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoeSynonymsRelated Wordsnoun (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad soleRelated Words- golf
- golf game
- iron
- pitching wedge
- sand wedge
noun something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate themRelated Words- ax head
- axe head
- colter
- coulter
- inclined plane
- moldboard
- mouldboard
- ploughshare
- plowshare
- share
- coign
- coigne
- quoin
- shim
noun a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy objectSynonymsRelated Wordsverb put, fix, force, or implantSynonymsRelated Wordsverb squeeze like a wedge into a tight spaceSynonymsRelated Words- impact
- compress
- pack together
- compact
- move
- displace
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