1 a piece of wood, rubber, metal, etc. with one thick end and one thin pointed end that you use to keep a door open, to keep two things apart, or to split wood or rock:
He hammered the wedge into the crack in the stone. * (figurative) A wedge had been tapped into their friendship. * I don't want to drive a wedge between the two of you (= to make you start disliking each other).
2 something that is shaped like a wedge or that is used like a wedge:
a wedge of lemon / cake / cheese
3 a golf CLUB that has the part that you hit the ball with shaped like a wedge
IDIOMS see THINadj.
Part of speech: verb
1 [VN+adv./prep.] to put or squeeze sth tightly into a narrow space, so that it cannot move easily:
The boat was now wedged between the rocks. * She wedged herself into the passenger seat. * The phone was wedged under his chin.
2 to make sth stay in a particular position, especially open or shut, by placing sth against it:
[VN-ADJ] to wedge the door open / shut [also VN]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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