wedge
/wɛdʒ/
Misollar
- You drove a wedge between us.
- Would you like another wedge of pie?
- Jealousy can easily drive a wedge between people.
- I'd like an iceberg lettuce wedge salad.
- Try a sliced apple with a lowfat cheese wedge.
- The incident put a wedge between Yanni and Skura.
ot noun
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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.
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A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
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A quantity of money.
I made a big fat wedge from that job.
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A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
I ordered a chicken parm wedge from the deli.
fe’l verb
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To support or secure using a wedge.
I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
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To force into a narrow gap.
He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
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Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.
- To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.