Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - wedge
Wedge
wedge
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of wood or metal etc. tapering to a sharp edge, that is driven between two objects or parts of an object to secure or separate them. 2 anything resembling a wedge (a wedge of cheese; troops formed a wedge). 3 a golf club with a wedge-shaped head. 4 a a wedge-shaped heel. b a shoe with this. --v.tr. 1 tighten, secure, or fasten by means of a wedge (wedged the door open). 2 force open or apart with a wedge. 3 (foll. by in, into) pack or thrust (a thing or oneself) tightly in or into. Phrases and idioms thin end of the wedge colloq. an action or procedure of little importance in itself, but likely to lead to more serious developments. wedge-shaped 1 shaped like a solid wedge. 2 V-shaped. Derivatives wedgelike adj. wedgewise adv. Etymology: OE wecg f. Gmc 2. v.tr. Pottery prepare (clay) for use by cutting, kneading, and throwing down. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. uncert.
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English wegge, from Old English wecg; akin to Old High German wecki ~, Lithuanian vagis Date: before 12th century a piece of a substance (as wood or iron) that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting wood and rocks, raising heavy bodies, or for tightening by being driven into something, 2. something (as a policy) causing a breach or separation, something used to initiate an action or development, something ~-shaped: as, an array of troops or tanks in the form of a ~, the ~-shaped stroke in cuneiform characters, a shoe having a heel extending from the back of the shoe to the front of the shank and a tread formed by an extension of the sole, an iron golf club with a broad low-angled face for maximum loft, a golf shot made with a ~, II. verb (~d; wedging) Date: 15th century transitive verb to fasten or tighten by driving in a ~, 2. to force or press (something) into a narrow space ; cram, to force (one's way) into or through , to separate or force apart with or as if with a ~, intransitive verb to become ~d ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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