Other Definitions
wedge (enc)
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Wedge| Noun | 1. | wedge - any shape that is triangular in cross section | | | 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, hero sandwich - 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 c) to indicate pronunciation | | | 4. | wedge - a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoeheel - the bottom of a shoe or boot; the back part of a shoe or boot that touches the ground wedgie - 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 holes iron - a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head sand 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 themcolter, coulter - a sharp steel wedge that precedes the plow and cuts vertically through the soil inclined plane - a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal moldboard, mouldboard - wedge formed by the curved part of a steel plow blade that turns the furrow coign, coigne, quoin - expandable metal or wooden wedge used by printers to lock up a form within a chase shim - 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 objectblock - 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 - fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table"fasten, 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"impact - press or wedge together; pack together move, displace - cause to move, 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" | |
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