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Wedge

noun

1.

Any shape that is triangular in cross section. Synonyms: cuneus, wedge shape.

2.

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 States. Synonyms: bomber, Cuban sandwich, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep.

3.

A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation. Synonym: hacek.

4.

A heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe. Synonym: wedge heel.

5.

(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole.

6.

Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them.

7.

A block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object. Synonym: chock.

verb

(past & past part. wedged; pres. part. wedging)

1.

Put, fix, force, or implant. Synonyms: deposit, lodge, stick. "Stick your thumb in the crack" Antonym: dislodge.

2.

Squeeze like a wedge into a tight space. Synonyms: force, squeeze.

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"Wedge" Quotes from Famous Books

... taken up a position of vantage to the north of the bridge, having both streams between his army and the town. He had arrayed his troops in a compact mass in the form of a wedge or triangle, whose narrower point was opposite to the roadway of the bridge. The men occupying the outer lines stood with their large shields locked together so closely that they made a strong rampart ...

— Olaf the Glorious - A Story of the Viking Age • Robert Leighton

... agreeable; she looks quite like a screen picture behind her piled-up cakes, ornamented with little posies. We will take shelter under her roof while we wait; and, to avoid the drops that fall heavily from the waterspouts, wedge ourselves tightly against her display of white and pink sweetmeats, so artistically spread out on fresh ...

— Serge Panine • Georges Ohnet

... was not the man to be disheartened; nor had he ever possessed the courage to refuse a battle when: offered. Upon this occasion it would be difficult to retreat without disaster and disgrace, but it was equally difficult to achieve a victory. Thrust, as he was, like a wedge into the very heart of a hostile country, he was obliged to force his way through, or to remain in his enemy's power. Moreover, and worst of all, his troops were in a state of mutiny for their wages. While he talked to them of honor, they howled to him for money. It was the custom of ...

— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley

... mother and son. Each had the same long upper lip, the same thin, firm mouth, the prominent chin which was a family characteristic of the Underhills, and the jutting Underhill nose. Most of the Underhills came into the world looking as though they meant to drive their way through life like a wedge. ...

— The Little Warrior - (U.K. Title: Jill the Reckless) • P. G. Wodehouse

... the wedge was inserted when individual freemen offered money to their hard-pressed feudal lords in exchange for certain privileges, and then for charters. And as more money was needed by proprietors for their lavish expenditures, more ...

— A Short History of France • Mary Platt Parmele

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