Found 3 items, similar to Wedging.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: wedging
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: wedge
wedge
v 1: fix, force, or implant;
“lodge a bullet in the table” [syn:
lodge,
stick,
deposit] [ant:
dislodge]
2: squeeze like a wedge into a tight space;
“I squeezed myself
into the corner” [syn:
squeeze,
force]
wedge
n 1: any shape that is triangular in cross section [syn:
wedge shape
,
cuneus]
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 [syn:
bomber,
grinder,
hero,
hero sandwich,
hoagie,
hoagy,
Cuban sandwich
,
Italian sandwich,
poor boy,
sub,
submarine,
submarine sandwich,
torpedo,
zep]
3: a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above
certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation
[syn:
hacek]
4: a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe [syn:
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 [syn:
chock]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Wedging
Wedge
\Wedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Wedged; p. pr. & vb. n.
Wedging.]
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1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a
wedge; to rive.
“My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would
rive in twain.” --Shak.
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2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
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Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger
Could not be wedged in more. --Shak.
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He 's just the sort of man to wedge himself into a
snug berth. --Mrs. J. H.
Ewing.
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3. To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to
wedge one's way. --Milton.
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4. To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a
wedge that is driven into something.
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Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast.
--Dryden.
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5. 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.
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6. (Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work
by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
--Tomlinson.
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