Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having the shape of a wedge; thick at one end and tapered at the other.
- adjective Stuck; jammed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, wedge-shaped; cuneiform or cuneate: as, a wedged bone; the wedged tail of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
wedge . - verb Internet In a
web-server context, to bestuck , incapable of proceeding without help.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective wedged or packed in together
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Examples
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The phrase wedged itself into the space between her breaths.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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The phrase wedged itself into the space between her breaths.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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The phrase wedged itself into the space between her breaths.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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The phrase wedged itself into the space between her breaths.
The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007
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Patrick turned back toward the trap and once again wedged an edge of the spring against the ground.
Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature: Alexi Zentner's 'Trapline' Narrative Magazine 2010
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They're the ones who have the "presumptuous" label wedged into their tiny little brains, and they're the ones who will be flacking that until Nov. 4.
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Am becoming paranoid there is some sort of parasitic cybergoblin wedged in the back of the IMAC, sucking them down like Murph’s tootsie pops.
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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The word practically wedged in her throat, and she flushed.
Hearts STEF ANN HOLM 2001
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