Definitionen
1.NounOne 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."Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut."
2.NounA piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape."Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?; We ordered a box of baked potato wedges with our pizza, and an iceberg wedge as our side salad."
3.NounSomething that creates a division, gap or distance between things."drive a wedge between [persons, peoples, camps, allies, etc.]"
4.NounA five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
5.NounA voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
6.NounA flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
7.NounA group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
8.NounA type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
9.NounOne of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
10.NounAn ingot.
11.NounSilver or items made of silver collectively.
12.NounA quantity of money."He's got some decent wedge.; I made a big fat wedge from that job."
13.NounA sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll."I ordered a chicken parm wedge from the deli."
14.NounOne of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
15.NounAny symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
A háček.
The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
16.NounA háček.
17.NounThe IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
18.NounThe symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
19.NounA hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
20.NounA barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
21.NounA wedge tornado.
22.NounA market trend characterized by a contracting range in prices coupled with an upward trend in prices (a rising wedge) or a downward trend in prices (a falling wedge).
23.VerbTo support or secure using a wedge."I wedged open the window with a screwdriver."
24.VerbTo force into a narrow gap."He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.; I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully."
25.VerbTo pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.
26.VerbTo work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
27.VerbOf a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state."My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update."
28.VerbTo cleave with a wedge.
29.VerbTo force or drive with a wedge.
30.VerbTo shape into a wedge.
31.NounThe person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.