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wedges

/ˈwɛdʒɪz/

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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.

Examples :

"Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut."

machine utility technical

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A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.

Examples :

"Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?"

food material thing utensil part

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A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.

Examples :

"The artist used several differently sized wedges of wood to build the abstract sculpture. "

math structure architecture

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Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.

Examples :

"Constant arguments about money drove wedges between the siblings. "

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

Examples :

"During the historical reenactment, the cavalry formed wedges and charged into the straw-filled barriers representing the enemy line. "

military war action

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

Examples :

"She used her wedges to loft the ball over the sand trap and onto the green. "

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

Examples :

"As the weather turned colder, we saw wedges of geese flying south for the winter. "

nature animal bird group

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One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.

Examples :

"She loves wearing her new wedges to the office because they are stylish and comfortable. "

appearance wear style item

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A quantity of money.

Examples :

"I made a big fat wedge from that job."

amount asset finance economy

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A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.

Examples :

"I ordered a chicken parm wedge from the deli."

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Háček

Examples :

"The carpenter used wooden wedges to secure the wobbly table leg. "

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The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.

Examples :

"In phonetics class, we learned that the symbol that looks like upside-down "v's" is called "wedges" and represents the sound in words like "strut" and "cut." "

phonetics linguistics language sound

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The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.

Examples :

"In logic problems, the symbol consisting of two wedges pointing upwards, ∧, represents the "and" condition, meaning both statements on either side of it must be true. "

logic math sign

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A wedge tornado.

Examples :

"The meteorologist warned everyone about the dangerous wedges approaching the town. "

weather disaster nature

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A 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).

Examples :

""Analysts noticed wedges forming in the stock market data, suggesting a possible reversal of the recent upward or downward trend." "

business finance economy statistics technical

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To support or secure using a wedge.

Examples :

"I wedged open the window with a screwdriver."

utility technical action

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To force into a narrow gap.

Examples :

"He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa."

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To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.

Examples :

"Before using the clay to sculpt, the potter carefully wedges it on the table to remove air pockets. "

art material process

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Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.

Examples :

"My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update."

computing technology technical system

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To cleave with a wedge.

Examples :

"The carpenter wedges the wood, splitting it in two. "

action utensil technical

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To force or drive with a wedge.

Examples :

"The carpenter wedges pieces of wood under the table leg to stop it from wobbling. "

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To shape into a wedge.

Examples :

"The carpenter carefully wedged the pieces of wood together to create a strong support beam. "

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(Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.

Examples :

"After the Cambridge Classical Tripos results were posted, everyone felt bad for poor Thomas; he was the wedges this year. "

education achievement