Definitions for Wedge
wɛdʒwedge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 3 votes

1. wedge, wedge shape, cuneusnoun

   any shape that is triangular in cross section

2. bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, wedge, zepnoun

   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

3. hacek, wedgenoun

   a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation

4. wedge heel, wedgenoun

   a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe

5. wedgenoun

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

6. wedgenoun

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

7. chock, wedgeverb

   a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object

8. lodge, wedge, stick, depositverb

   put, fix, force, or implant

   "lodge a bullet in the table"; "stick your thumb in the crack"

9. wedge, squeeze, forceverb

   squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

   "I squeezed myself into the corner"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedgenoun

   (Golf) A golf club having an iron head with the face nearly horizontal, used for lofting the golf ball at a high angle, as when hitting the ball out of a sand trap or the rough.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wedgenoun

   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 (Wikipedia article).

   Stick a wedge under the door, will you, it keeps blowing shut.

2. wedgenoun

   A piece (of food etc.) having this shape.

   Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?

3. wedgenoun

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4. wedgenoun

   A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.

5. wedgenoun

   A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.

6. wedgenoun

   A group of geese or swans when they are in flight in a V formation.

7. wedgenoun

   Wedge-heeled shoes.

8. wedgenoun

   A quantity of money.

   I made a big fat wedge from that job.

9. wedgenoun

   = háek

10. Etymology: wegge, wecg

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedgenoun

   Etymology: vegge, Danish; wegge, Dutch.

   1. A body, which having a sharp edge, continually growing thicker, is used to cleave timber; one of the mechanical powers.

   A barbarous troop of clownish fone,
   The honour of these noble bows down threw;
   Under the wedge I heard the trunk to groan. Edmund Spenser.

   The fifth mechanical faculty is the wedge used in the cleaving of wood. John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick.

   He left his wedge within the cloven oak
   To whet their courage. John Dryden, Æneid.

   The oak let many a heavy groan, when he was cleft with a wedge of his own timber. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of John Bull.

   2. A mass of metal.

   As sparkles from the anvil used to fly,
   When heavy hammers on the wedge are swaid. Fa. Qu.

   When I saw a goodly Babylonish garment, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them. Josh. vii.

   3. Any thing in the form of a wedge.

   In warlike musters they appear,
   In rhombs and wedges and half-moons and wings. John Milton.

2. To Wedgeverb

   To fasten with wedges; to straiten with wedges; to cleave with wedges; to stop; to obstruct.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   My heart,
   As wedged with a sigh would rive in twain,
   Lest Hector, or my father, should perceive me. William Shakespeare.

   Where have you been broiling? ——
   —— Among the crowd i’ the abbey, where a finger
   Could not be wedg’d in more. William Shakespeare, Henry VIII.

   Your wit will not so soon out as another man’s will; it is strongly wedged up in a blockhead. William Shakespeare.

   Part
   In common, rang’d in figure wedge their way;
   Intelligent of seasons. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   Sergesthus in the centaur, soon he pass’d,
   Wedg’d in the rocky shoals and sticking fast. Dryden.

   Wedge on the keenest scythes,
   And give us steeds that snort against the foe. Ambrose Philips.

   What impulse can be propagated from one particle, entomb’d and wedged in the very center of the earth, to another in the center of Saturn. Richard Bentley, Sermons.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedge

   A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, and is a portable inclined plane, and one of the six simple machines. It can be used to separate two objects or portions of an object, lift up an object, or hold an object in place. It functions by converting a force applied to its blunt end into forces perpendicular (normal) to its inclined surfaces. The mechanical advantage of a wedge is given by the ratio of the length of its slope to its width. Although a short wedge with a wide angle may do a job faster, it requires more force than a long wedge with a narrow angle. The force is applied on a flat, broad surface. This energy is transported to the pointy, sharp end of the wedge, hence the force is transported. The wedge simply transports energy in the form of friction and collects it to the pointy end, consequently breaking the item.

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1. wedge

   A wedge is a simple machine with one or two sloping sides ending in a sharp edge that can be used to separate two objects or portions of an object, lift an object, or hold an object in place. It is often made of metal, wood, or plastic. Examples include knives, chisels, doorstops, and axes. In a broader sense, a wedge can also refer to anything that is triangular or V-shaped.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedgenoun

   a piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers. See Illust. of Mechanical powers, under Mechanical

2. Wedgenoun

   a solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends

3. Wedgenoun

   a mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form

4. Wedgenoun

   anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form

5. Wedgenoun

   the person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828

6. Wedgeverb

   to cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive

7. Wedgeverb

   to force or drive as a wedge is driven

8. Wedgeverb

   to force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way

9. Wedgeverb

   to press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something

10. Wedgeverb

    to fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place

11. Wedgeverb

    to cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc

12. Etymology: [OE. wegge, AS. wecg; akin to D. wig, wigge, OHG. wecki, G. weck a (wedge-shaped) loaf, Icel. veggr, Dan. vgge, Sw. vigg, and probably to Lith. vagis a peg. Cf. Wigg.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedge

   A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, a compound and portable inclined plane of a wedge is given by the ratio of the length of its slope to its width. Although a short wedge with a wide angle may do a job faster, it requires more force than a long wedge with a narrow angle. Perhaps the first example of a wedge is the hand axe, also see biface and Olorgesailie. A hand axe is made by chipping stone, generally flint, to form a bifacial edge, or wedge. A wedge is a simple machine that transforms lateral force and movement of the tool into a transverse splitting force and movement of the workpiece. The available power is limited by the effort of the person using the tool, but because power is the product of force and movement, the wedge amplifies the force by reducing the movement. This amplification, or mechanical advantage is the ratio of the input speed to output speed. For a wedge this is given by 1 The faces of a wedge are modeled as straight lines to form a sliding or prismatic joint. The origin of the wedge is not known. In ancient Egypt bronze wedges were used to break away blocks of stone used in construction. Wooden wedges that swelled after being saturated with water, were also used. Some indigenous peoples of the Americas used antler wedges for splitting and working wood to make canoes, dwellings and other objects.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Wedge

   wej, n. a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting: anything shaped like a wedge: a mass of metal: at Cambridge, the man lowest on the list of the classical tripos.—v.t. to cleave with a wedge: to force or drive with a wedge: to press closely: to fasten with a wedge: to make into a wedge.—v.i. to force one's way like a wedge.—adjs. Wedged, cuneiform or wedge-shaped; Wedge′-shaped, having the shape of a wedge; Wedge′-tailed, having the tail wedge-shaped or cuneate.—adv. Wedge′wise, in the manner of a wedge.—n. Wedg′ing, a method of joining timbers.—Wedge of least resistance, the form in which a substance yields to pressure.—The thin, or small, end of the wedge, the insignificant-looking beginning of a principle or practice which will yet lead to something great and important. [A.S. wecg; Ice. veggr, Ger. weck, a wedge; prob. from the root of weigh.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wedge

   [from the Anglo-Saxon wege]. A simple but effective mechanicalforce; a triangular solid on which a ship rests previous to launching.Many of the wedges used in the building and repairing of vessels arecalled sett-wedges.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WEDGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Wedge is ranked #12566 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Wedge surname appeared 2,463 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Wedge.
   
   89.2% or 2,199 total occurrences were White.
   5.7% or 142 total occurrences were Black.
   2.1% or 52 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 46 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.6% or 17 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.2% or 7 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Diacritical Mark
   • Fix
   • Golf
   • Heel
   • Inclined Plane
   • Iron
   • Sandwich

Anagrams for Wedge »

1. gweed

How to pronounce Wedge?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Wedge in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wedge in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Wedge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Wedge in a Sentence

1. John Thomas:

   Two months ago, we would have absolutely waltzed through these places with college-educated suburban White women, because they had no real reason to either break against us or turn out, there's no orange man [ Trump ] -- there was no wedge issue for them.

2. Ed Mooney:

   They think that this is going to be used as a wedge to break this strike. I assure you it will not.

3. President Biden:

   Russia and China are both seeking to drive a wedge in our transatlantic solidarity.

4. Donald Trump:

   I can't imagine anybody ever even thinking of using the debt ceiling as a negotiating wedge.

5. Sara Jacobs:

   I heard a male Democratic politician once say that we need to stop talking about wedge issues that divide people, and instead focus on things that affect people's everyday lives, and then he went on to say, we need to stop talking about things like abortion, we need to stop talking about things like racism and we need to focus on things like infrastructure and health care, as if reproductive health care isn't the predominant health care that that me and most women, and most people, trans men, are dealing with right now. I think it's important that we include it fully in whatever health care reforms, health care overhauls, we end up doing.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Wedge
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Wedge
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wedge
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Wedge
5. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedge
6. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
7. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Wedge
8. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Wedge
9. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Wedge
10. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
    https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=Wedge
11. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html