Insert the wedge into the Prerogative Office, and the country would cease to be glorious. It was but a stone, wedged between frog and shoe in the off fore-foot, but it was a minute or two before we could wrench it out. The head is shaped as a blunt wedge and the jaws are powerful. They have a kind of hard flints, which, by grinding against other stones, they form into instruments, that serve instead of wedges , axes, and hammers.
Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift. Between these two formidable assailants the seamen were being slowly wedged more closely together, until they stood back to back under the mast with the rovers raging upon every side of them.
Squirrels were chattering, birds singing, and overhead honked the wild-fowl driving up from the south in cunning wedges that split the air. English Language Learners Definition of wedge Entry 2 of 2. See the full definition for wedge in the English Language Learners Dictionary.
Nglish: Translation of wedge for Spanish Speakers. Britannica English: Translation of wedge for Arabic Speakers. Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! Log in Sign Up. Save Word. Definition of wedge Entry 1 of 2. Definition of wedge Entry 2 of 2. Illustration of wedge Noun W wedge 1 In the meaning defined above. Synonyms for wedge Synonyms: Verb cram , crowd , crush , jam , ram , sandwich , shoehorn , squeeze , stuff Visit the Thesaurus for More.
Examples of wedge in a Sentence Noun He used a wedge to split the firewood. Chiefly Coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island. See synonyms for wedge on Thesaurus. We could talk until we're blue in the face about this quiz on words for the color "blue," but we think you should take the quiz and find out if you're a whiz at these colorful terms.
See hero sandwich. Words nearby wedge wedding planner , wedding ring , Wedekind , wedel , wedeln , wedge , wedge-and-groove joint , wedge-and-groove suture , wedge bone , wedged , wedge heel. Words related to wedge chunk , block , chock , cleat , cotter , cusp , keystone , lump , prong , quoin , shim , spire , taper. A shoe having a heel that extends across the shank to the half sole, forming a continuous undersurface.
One of the various triangular marks that are the basic structural elements of cuneiform writing symbols. To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge. To fix in place or tighten with a wedge. Wedged the window frame to be level. To crowd or squeeze into a limited space. Wedged the books into the backpack. To fix firmly in place by driving a wedge or wedges under, beside, etc.
Origin of wedge. Middle English wegge from Old English wecg. Wedge Sentence Examples. Each shoe has a thick sole and high wedge heel. Related articles. Brattain List of Names for Groups of Animals.
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