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 (Wikipedia article).
 * Stick a wedge under the door, will you, it keeps blowing shut.
 * 1) A piece (of food etc.) having this shape.
 * Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
 * 1)  A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
 * 2)  A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
 * 3) A group of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation.
 * 4)  Wedge-heeled shoes.
 * 5)  A quantity of money.
 * I made a big fat wedge from that job.

Synonyms

 * group of geese: skein

Verb

 * 1) To support or secure using a wedge.
 * I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
 * 1) * 1922,,  Chapter 1
 * "Did he take his bottle well?" Mrs. Flanders whispered, and Rebecca nodded and went to the cot and turned down the quilt, and Mrs. Flanders bent over and looked anxiously at the baby, asleep, but frowning. The window shook, and Rebecca stole like a cat and wedged it.
 * 1) To force into a narrow gap.
 * He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
 * 1) To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.

Thesaurus
arrowhead, articulate, batten, batten down, bed, bolt, buckle, butt, button, character, clasp, cleat, clip, confirm, crowbar, cuneiform, deep-dye, define, demotic character, determinative, dovetail, embed, engraft, engrave, entrench, establish, etch, fix, found, get a foothold, get leverage, grammalogue, ground, hasp, hieratic symbol, hieroglyph, hieroglyphic, hieroglyphics, hinge, hiragana, hitch, hook, ideogram, ideograph, impact, implant, impress, imprint, infix, ingrain, inscribe, jam, jimmy, joint, kana, katakana, latch, lever, lock, lodge, logogram, logograph, miter, mortise, nail, ogham, pack, peg, phonetic, phonetic symbol, pictogram, pictograph, pin, plant, print, prize, pry, rabbet, radical, rivet, root, rune, scarf, screw, seat, set, set in, settle, sew, shorthand, skewer, snap, stamp, staple, stereotype, stick, stitch, tack, toggle, word letter, zipper

Etymology
wegge:, wecg:

Noun

 * Catalan: falca, tascó
 * Chinese: 劈 (pǐ), 楔 (xiē), 楔形 (xiē xíng)
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 * Finnish:
 * French: (for splitting something),  (for stopping something from moving)
 * German: ,
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 * Italian:, , ,
 * Japanese: 楔 (くさび, kusabi)


 * Korean: 쐐기 (sswaegi)
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Middle English: wegge
 * Old English:
 * Old High German: weggi
 * Old Norse: veggr
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 * Sorbian:
 * Upper Sorbian: klin
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 * Croatian:
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 * Japanese: 一切れ
 * Romanian: felie
 * Spanish: rebanada triangular


 * Finnish:
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 * Spanish: formación en V, formación en cuña
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 * Finnish:
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 * Italian: ferro da alzo


 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
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 * Italian: formazione a cuneo di oche, cigni, anatre
 * Quechua: ananinami


 * Romanian:
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 * Spanish: bandada formada en V
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:


 * Spanish: zapatos de cuña

Verb

 * Finnish:


 * Italian:, imbiettare,


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Derived terms

 * wedge issue
 * wedge politics


 * wedgie