wedged

Значение (Английский)

simple past and past participle of wedge

impacted

jam

Частота

Новый

wedge

1. 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.
2. A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
3. Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
4. A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
5. A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
6. A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
7. A group of geese, swans, or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
8. A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
9. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
10. (obsolete) An ingot.
11. (obsolete,slang) Silver or items made of silver collectively.
12. (colloquial) A quantity of money.
13. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
14. One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
15. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
16. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
17. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
18. Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
19. A barometric ridge; an elongated region of high atmospheric pressure between two low-pressure areas.
20. A wedge tornado.
21. 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).