WEDGE

Wedge

A 'wedge is a triangular shaped tool, a compound and portable inclined plane, and one of the six classical simple machines. It can be used to separate two objects or portions of an object, lift up

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wedge

Noun

  1. 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 ().
    Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
  2. A piece (of food etc.) having this shape.
    Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
  3. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
  4. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
  5. A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
  6. A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
  7. A group of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation.
  8. Wedge-heeled shoes.
  9. A quantity of money.
    I made a big fat wedge from that job.
  10. The character , which denotes an .

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.

Verb

  1. To support or secure using a wedge.
    I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
  2. To force into a narrow gap.
    He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
  3. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.


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