wedge

1. 1.

   put, fix, force, or implant

   “lodge a bullet in the table”

   “stick your thumb in the crack”

   Synonymslodgestickdeposit

   Broaderfasten

   Narrowerredeposit
2. 2.

   squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

   “I squeezed myself into the corner”

   Synonymssqueezeforce

   Broadermove

   Narrowerimpactcompress

Other forms of wedge

plural

wedges·

past tense

wedged·

present participle

wedging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about wedge

What does wedge mean?

wedge means "any shape that is triangular in cross section". That is the primary sense; the word has 9 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in wedge?

wedge has 1 syllable: wedge. In IPA it is /ˈwɛdʒ/.

What is another word for wedge?

Close synonyms include wedge shape, cuneus, bomber, grinder, hero. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wedge a common word?

wedge is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.