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Triangular shaped tool
A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, a portable inclined plane, and one of the six simple machines. It can be used to separate two objects or portions
Wedge
Topics referred to by the same term
up wedge in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A wedge is a triangular-shaped simple machine. Wedge, The Wedge, or Wedges may also refer to: Wedge (footwear)
Wedge_(disambiguation)
Species of bird
The wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax) is the largest bird of prey in the continent of Australia. It is also found in southern New Guinea to the north
Wedge-tailed_eagle
Algebra associated to any vector space
called exterior product or wedge product and denoted with ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } , such that v ∧ v = 0 {\displaystyle v\wedge v=0} for every vector v
Exterior_algebra
Border irregularity of Delaware
The Wedge (or Delaware Wedge) is a 1.068-square-mile (684-acre; 2.77 km2) tract of land along the boundaries of Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Ownership
Delaware_Wedge
V-shaped configuration of multiple people
A flying wedge (also called flying V or wedge formation, or simply wedge) is a configuration created from a body moving forward in a triangular formation
Flying_wedge
Type of golf club used in special situations
the sport of golf, a wedge is a subset of the iron family of golf clubs designed for special use situations. As a class, wedges have the highest lofts
Wedge_(golf)
Food mixture, served chilled or at room temperature
animal-based foods would be more likely in a dinner salad.[citation needed] A wedge salad is a green salad made from a head of lettuce (often iceberg), halved
Salad
American filmmaker (born 1957)
John Christian Wedge (born March 20, 1957) is an American filmmaker, animator, and voice actor. He is best known for being the lead animator of the sci-fi
Chris_Wedge
Triangular section of mantle between a subducting and overriding tectonic plate
A mantle wedge is a triangular shaped piece of mantle that lies above a subducting tectonic plate and below the overriding plate. A wedge can be identified
Mantle_wedge
Character in Star Wars
Wedge Antilles is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. He is a supporting character portrayed by Denis Lawson in the original Star Wars trilogy
Wedge_Antilles
In geometry, a double wedge is the (closure of) the symmetric difference of two half-spaces whose boundaries are not parallel to each other. For instance
Double_wedge
British left-wing musical collective of the 1980s
Red Wedge was a collective of musicians formed in the UK in 1985 who attempted to educate youth with the policies of the Labour Party leading up to the
Red_Wedge
Creationist political and social agenda
The wedge strategy is a creationist political and social agenda authored by the Discovery Institute, the hub of the intelligent design movement. The strategy
Wedge_strategy
Wedge in golf
golf, a gap wedge, also known as an approach wedge, is a wedge used to hit a shot with higher and shorter trajectory than a pitching wedge and lower and
Gap_wedge
Type of shoe or boot
Wedge boots, wedgies, or lifties are shoes and boots with a sole in the form of a wedge, such that one piece of material, normally rubber, serves as both
Wedge_(footwear)
Surfing location
The Wedge is a renowned surf break located at the southeastern tip of the Balboa Peninsula in Newport Beach, California. It is famous for its massive
The_Wedge_(surfing)
Logical connective AND
In logic, mathematics and linguistics, and ( ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } ) is the truth-functional operator of conjunction or logical conjunction. The logical
Logical_conjunction
Estimation of pressure in the heart
The pulmonary wedge pressure, also called pulmonary arterial wedge pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, pulmonary artery occlusion pressure, or
Pulmonary_wedge_pressure
Divisive political or social issue
A wedge issue in politics is any issue used to create a division within a political party. These issues are usually employed as a tactic by a minority
Wedge_issue
Slices of a potato, baked or fried
Potato wedges are irregular wedge-shaped slices of potato, often large and unpeeled, that are either baked or fried. They are sold at diners and fast food
Potato_wedges
Wedge bonding is a kind of wire bonding which relies on the application of ultrasonic power and force to form bonds. It is a popular method and is commonly
Wedge_bonding
Golf club
A lob wedge, also known as a lofted wedge or an L-Wedge, is a wedge used in the sport of golf, known for being one of the shortest-hitting clubs and providing
Lob_wedge
Type of golf club
pitching wedge is a wedge used to hit a shot with higher and shorter trajectory than a 9-iron and a lower and longer trajectory than a gap wedge. Though
Pitching_wedge
Logic symbol resembling an inverted "V"
LOGICAL AND (∧, ∧) and by \wedge and \land in TeX. The opposite symbol (∨) is called a vel, or sometimes a (descending) wedge. Some authors who
Wedge_(symbol)
Scottish actor (born 1947)
(born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy (1977–1983) and as John Jarndyce
Denis_Lawson
Geometric shape; radial slice of a sphere
geometry, a spherical wedge or ungula is a portion of a ball bounded by two plane semidisks and a spherical lune (termed the wedge's base). The angle between
Spherical_wedge
Crack in the ground formed by a narrow vertical block of ice
An ice wedge is a crack in the ground formed by a narrow or thin piece of ice that measures up to 3–4 meters in length at ground level and extends downwards
Ice_wedge
Market trend
types: a rising wedge and a falling wedge. Unlike symmetrical triangles, both boundary lines of a wedge slope in the same direction. Wedge formations typically
Wedge_pattern
The Wedge Community Co-op or The Wedge is a food cooperative located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Located at 2105 Lyndale Avenue South, the Wedge derives
Wedge_Community_Co-op
English agriculturalist (1744–1816)
John Wedge (10 December 1744 – 19 March 1816) was an English agriculturalist. John Wedge was the son of Francis Wedge (1714–1784) and Elizabeth Knock (1713–1788)
John_Wedge
American baseball player & manager (born 1968)
Eric Michael Wedge (born January 27, 1968) is an American former baseball Major League Baseball (MLB) catcher and manager. He currently is the manager
Eric_Wedge
Partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water
The width-to-depth ratio of these estuaries is typically large, appearing wedge-shaped (in cross-section) in the inner part and broadening and deepening
Estuary
Economic measure in GDP
The Lucas wedge is an economic measure of how much higher the gross domestic product would have been if it grew as fast as it should have. It shows the
Lucas_wedge
British fashion designer, milliner and photographer
James "Jimmy" Wedge (born 1939) is a British fashion designer, milliner and fashion photographer. Wedge was born into a poor working-class family. Having
James_Wedge
Train-mounted snow removal plow
The wedge plow or bucker plow was first developed by railroad companies to clear snow in the American West. The wedge plow forces snow to the sides of
Wedge_plow
Reciprocating internal combustion engine
engines. The B and RB engines are often referred to as "wedge" engines because they use wedge-shaped combustion chambers; this differentiates them from
Chrysler_B_engine
Former car engine
The Max Wedge, formally the Maximum Performance Wedge, was an engine option produced by the Chrysler Corporation from 1962 to 1964, that was available
Max_Wedge
Type of sandwich originating from the United States
Italian (Maine English), grinder (New England English, Fulton County, NY), wedge (Westchester, NY) or spuckie (Boston English). This sandwich type originated
Submarine_sandwich
Polyhedron defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces
geometry, a wedge is a polyhedron defined by two triangles and three trapezoid faces. A wedge has five faces, nine edges, and six vertices. A wedge is a polyhedron
Wedge_(geometry)
American boxer
Frederick Rhinaldo Wedge (July 31, 1880 – March 3, 1953) was an American boxer who fought over 70 professional bouts as "Kid" Wedge; an ordained clergyman
Frederick_Wedge
American physician and politician
Albert Clark Wedge (August 18, 1834 – October 23, 1911) was an American physician and politician. Wedge was born in Denmark, Lewis County, New York. He
Albert_Clark_Wedge
Motor vehicle
The Miller Wedge is a pioneering streamliner dragster. Designed by dragster and funny car builder Sammy Miller in 1974, the car was allegedly a product
Miller_Wedge
Set whose pairs have minima and maxima
a ) = ( a ∧ b ) ∨ b = a ∨ b {\displaystyle a=a\wedge b{\text{ implies }}b=b\vee (b\wedge a)=(a\wedge b)\vee b=a\vee b} and dually for the other direction
Lattice_(order)
Topics referred to by the same term
Green Wedge may refer to: Green belt, a policy and land-use zoning designation used in land use planning Green Ukraine, a region of the Russian Far East
Green_wedge
Logic symbol resembling a "V"
The descending wedge symbol ∨ may represent: Logical disjunction in propositional logic Join in lattice theory The wedge sum in topology The V sign, a
Descending_wedge
Violently rotating column of air
cloud-to-ground height can look like large wedges stuck into the ground, and so are known as "wedge tornadoes" or "wedges". The "stovepipe" classification is
Tornado
American football official (1929–2012)
Donald R. Wedge (August 13, 1929 – April 20, 2012), a native of Carey, Ohio, was an official in the National Football League (NFL) for 24 years from 1972
Don_Wedge
Species of New World monkey
The wedge-capped capuchin or Guianan weeper capuchin (Cebus olivaceus) is a capuchin monkey from South America. It is found in northern Brazil, Guyana
Wedge-capped_capuchin
Dutch yacht
superyacht Wedge Too was launched by Feadship in 2002. French designer Philippe Starck designed both the interior and exterior of Wedge Too. Wedge Too features
Wedge_Too
The wedge prism is a prism with a shallow angle between its input and output surfaces. This angle is usually 3 degrees or less. Refraction at the surfaces
Wedge_prism
American music writer (1890–1964)
George Anson Wedge (1890–1964) was an American music writer who served as the dean of Juilliard School of Music between 1939 and 1946. Wedge received his
George_Wedge
Space in topology mathematics
In topology, the wedge sum is a "one-point union" of a family of topological spaces. Specifically, if X and Y are pointed spaces (i.e. topological spaces
Wedge_sum
Device to prevent door from moving, or opening too far
stopper, door stop, door wedge, door check) is a device that holds a door open or closed, or that limits its swing. It may be a wedge or heavy object on the
Doorstop
Puerto Rican cocktail with rum, coconut, and pineapple
blended or shaken with ice. It may be garnished with either a pineapple wedge, maraschino cherry, or both. The drink originated in Puerto Rico. The name
Piña_colada
1951 science fiction novel by Isaac Asimov
(retitled "The Merchant Princes" for the collection) in August 1944; and "The Wedge" (retitled "The Traders" for the collection) in October 1944. Collected
Foundation_(Asimov_novel)
2005 American animated film
a 2005 American animated science fiction comedy film directed by Chris Wedge and written by David Lindsay-Abaire, Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel. Produced
Robots_(2005_film)
American author, journalist, and podcaster
David M. Wedge (born July 31, 1970) is a New York Times-bestselling author, journalist, podcast host and award-winning former reporter for the Boston
Dave_Wedge
Fighting style
This guard also provides two lines of defense with the lead arm used to wedge block or elbow block and the rear hand to punch catch, cross block, leverage
Crab_Defense_(boxing_style)
Subspecies of bird
The Tasmanian wedge-tailed eagle (Aquila audax fleayi) is an endangered bird of Tasmania. It is a subspecies of the more common wedge-tailed eagle. Aquila
Tasmanian_wedge-tailed_eagle
Form of randomised controlled trial
In medicine, a stepped-wedge trial (or SWT) is a type of randomised controlled trial (RCT). An RCT is a scientific experiment that is designed to reduce
Stepped-wedge_trial
Expression that may be integrated over a region
x , y , z ) d y ∧ d z {\displaystyle f(x,y,z)\,dx\wedge dy+g(x,y,z)\,dz\wedge dx+h(x,y,z)\,dy\wedge dz} is a 2-form that can be integrated over a surface
Differential_form
Surgical procedure
Wedge resection is a surgical procedure to remove a triangle-shaped slice of tissue. It may be used to remove a tumor or some other type of tissue that
Wedge_resection
Australian colonist and surveyor
William Wedge Darke (1810–1890) was an Australian colonist and surveyor. William Wedge Darke was the son of John Darke of Hereford and Elizabeth Darke
William_Wedge_Darke
Type of golf club
A sand wedge, or sand iron, is a type of golf club, an open-faced wedge primarily designed for getting out of sand bunkers. It has the widest sole of any
Sand_wedge
Latin letter S with caron
The grapheme Š, š (S with caron) is used in various contexts representing the sh sound like in the word show, usually denoting the voiceless postalveolar
Š
Historic house in South Carolina, United States
The Wedge Plantation, which is also known as The Wedge or the William Lucas House, is a plantation about 5 mi (8 km) east of McClellanville in Charleston
Wedge_Plantation
Symbol of anti-fascism
The red triangle, also known as the red wedge, was a required accessory worn by left-wing dissidents incarcerated in Nazi concentration camps during World
Red_triangle_(badge)
Species of bird
The wedge-tailed shearwater (Ardenna pacifica) is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species
Wedge-tailed_shearwater
Theorem of analytic continuations
In mathematics, the edge-of-the-wedge theorem implies that holomorphic functions on two "wedges" with an "edge" in common are analytic continuations of
Edge-of-the-wedge_theorem
Deviation from equilibrium price and quantity
The tax wedge is the deviation from the equilibrium price and quantity ( P ∗ {\displaystyle P^{*}} and Q ∗ {\displaystyle Q^{*}} , respectively) as a
Tax_wedge
Australian Aboriginal artist (1957–2012)
Harry James "HJ" Wedge (1957 – 8 November 2012) was a Wiradjuri artist. Wedge was born in Erambie Mission, Cowra, New South Wales. Prior to starting his
Harry_Wedge
Surname list
Wedge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Albert Clark Wedge (1834-1911), American physician and politician Cathy Wedge (born 1950)
Wedge_(surname)
Wedge-shaped gallery grave in Ireland
Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is a wedge-shaped gallery grave and a National Monument in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. Ballyedmonduff Wedge Tomb is found
Ballyedmonduff_Wedge_Tomb
Topics referred to by the same term
Thomas Wedge may refer to: Thomas Wedge of Chester (1760–1854), agriculturalist Thomas Wedge (rugby union) (1881–1964), British rugby union player This
Thomas_Wedge
Species of fish
The wedge sole (Dicologlossa cuneata), is a flatfish of the family Soleidae. It is a bottom dwelling predatory fish inhabiting both sandy and muddy soils
Wedge_sole
Sediments at a convergent plate boundary
An accretionary wedge or accretionary prism forms from sediments accreted onto the non-subducting tectonic plate at a convergent plate boundary. Most
Accretionary_wedge
Restaurant in Oxfordshire, England
The Beetle and Wedge is a restaurant on the bank of the River Thames at Ferry Lane in Moulsford, Oxfordshire, England. The restaurant occupies the site
Beetle_and_Wedge
American visual effects and computer animation studio (1987–2021)
in Greenwich, Connecticut. It was founded on February 22, 1987, by Chris Wedge, Michael Ferraro, Carl Ludwig, Alison Brown, David Brown and Eugene Troubetzkoy
Blue_Sky_Studios
Decorative detail in typography
ornamental, decorative ends to the strokes rather than serifs, and "Latin" or "wedge-serif" faces, with pointed serifs, which were particularly popular in France
Serif
Rhetorical argument
B. Other idioms for the slippery slope fallacy are the thin edge of the wedge, domino fallacy (as a form of domino effect argument) or dam burst, and
Slippery_slope
Neighborhood in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States
The Wedge, officially Lowry Hill East, is a neighborhood in southwest Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, part of the Bde Maka Ska-Isles community
The_Wedge,_Minneapolis
Proposed approach for mitigating climate change
Climate stabilization wedges are used to describe possible climate change mitigation scenarios and their impact, through the grouping of different types
Climate_stabilization_wedge
Optical prism used in solar observation
A Herschel wedge or Herschel prism is an optical prism used in solar observation to refract most of the light out of the optical path, allowing safe visual
Herschel_wedge
Type of electrical mount
A wedge base is a type of electrical connector used as a fitting for small light bulbs. It is similar to the bi-pin connector, except that the two "pins"
Wedge_base
Topics referred to by the same term
Wedge Island may refer to: Australia Wedge Island (South Australia) Wedge Island, South Australia, a locality Wedge Island (Tasmania) Wedge Island (Western
Wedge_Island
Type of digital logic implemented by Boolean circuits
{\begin{aligned}(A\wedge B)\vee (\lnot A\wedge C)\vee (B\wedge C)&=(A\wedge B)\vee (\lnot A\wedge C)\\(A\vee B)\wedge (\lnot A\vee C)\wedge (B\vee C)&=(A\vee B)\wedge (\lnot
Combinational_logic
Piece of sporting equipment used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf
of wedges, with lofts ranging from 45° to 64°: pitching wedge (PW, 48–50°), gap wedge (GW, also "approach", "attack", "utility", or "dual" wedge, typically
Golf_club
Emphasis on a note
articulation marks are explained below: The most common symbol is the horizontal wedge, the first symbol in the diagram above. This is the symbol that is most
Accent_(music)
Algebraic structure designed for geometry
{\underline {\mathsf {f}}}(a_{1}\wedge a_{2}\wedge \cdots \wedge a_{r})=f(a_{1})\wedge f(a_{2})\wedge \cdots \wedge f(a_{r})} for a blade, extended to
Geometric_algebra
Mountain in Alaska, United States
The Wedge is a 4,660-foot (1,420 m) mountain summit in the U.S. state of Alaska. The Wedge is located 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Anchorage in the Chugach
The_Wedge_(Alaska)
British-Canadian television executive and producer (1928–2026)
Philip Lomas Wedge (2 December 1928 – 15 April 2026) was a British-Canadian television executive and producer who served as Vice-President, Programming
Pip_Wedge
Canadian equestrian
Catherine "Cathy" Wedge (born 29 December 1950) is a Canadian jurist who has served as a justice of the Supreme Court of British Columbia since 2001.
Cathy_Wedge
Wedge-based mechanical exfoliation is a method that involves the use of an ultra-sharp single crystal diamond wedge to penetrate inside a material and
Wedge-based mechanical exfoliation
Wedge-based_mechanical_exfoliation
Foldable military cap
It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, wedge cap in Canada, or field service cap in the United Kingdom. In form the side
Side_cap
2006 Australian TV series or program
The Wedge is an Australian sketch show created by Ian McFadyen and produced by Cornerbox for Network Ten. The show stars Dailan Evans, from the ABC sketch
The Wedge (Australian TV series)
The_Wedge_(Australian_TV_series)
Medical aid
An abductor wedge is designed to separate the legs of a patient. It is often used after hip surgery to prevent the new hip from "popping out". It can
Abductor_wedge
Rules to verify computer program correctness
[P\wedge B\wedge t\in D\wedge t=z]S[P\wedge t\in D\wedge t<z]}{[P\wedge t\in D]{\texttt {while}}\ B\ {\texttt {do}}\ S\ {\texttt {done}}[\neg B\wedge P\wedge
Hoare_logic
Exterior algebraic map taking tensors from p forms to n-p forms
}dt&=-dx\wedge dy\wedge dz\,,\\{\star }dx&=-dt\wedge dy\wedge dz\,,\\{\star }dy&=-dt\wedge dz\wedge dx\,,\\{\star }dz&=-dt\wedge dx\wedge dy\,,\end{aligned}}}
Hodge_star_operator
Species of flowering plant
Ceanothus cuneatus is a species of flowering shrub known by the common names buckbrush and wedgeleaf ceanothus. This Ceanothus is native to Oregon, California
Ceanothus_cuneatus
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Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a perhaps variant of Wedgewood; otherwise a habitational name from a lost or unidentified place.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Warwick.English : metonymic occupational name for a maker of warrocks, wedges of timber that were used to tighten the joints in a scaffold.
Surname or Lastname
Irish
Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cuáin ‘descendant of Cuán’, a byname from a diminutive of cú ‘hound’, ‘dog’.Irish : Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cadhain ‘descendant of Cadhan’, a byname from cadhan ‘barnacle goose’.Irish : Anglicized form of Ó Comhgháin ‘descendant of Comghán’, a Connacht name usually Anglicized as Coen.Irish : variant of Quinn.English : metonymic occupational name for a minter of money, or a derogatory nickname for a miser, from Middle English coin ‘piece of money’ (earlier the die used to stamp money, from Latin cuneus ‘wedge’).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Wedgwood in Staffordshire.
Surname or Lastname
English (East Anglia)
English (East Anglia) : nickname from Middle English wigge ‘beetle’, ‘bug’.English (East Anglia) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of fancy breads baked in rounds and then divided up into wedge-shaped slices, Middle English wigge, from Middle Dutch wigge ‘wedge(-shaped cake)’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from North or South Kelsey in Lincolnshire, so named from Cēol, an Old English personal name, or alternatively from an unattested Old Scandinavian word, kæl ‘wedge-shaped piece of land’, + ēg ‘island’, ‘area of dry land in a marsh’.Possibly also an Americanized form of German Gelzer.William Kelsey was one of the founders of Hartford, CT, (coming from Cambridge, MA, with Thomas Hooker) in 1635.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English clevere ‘one who cleaves’ (a derivative of Old English clēofan ‘to split’), hence an occupational name for someone who split wood into planks using a wedge rather than a saw, or possibly for a butcher.English : topographic name from Middle English cleve ‘bank’, ‘slope’ (from the dative of Old English clif) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.Americanized spelling of German Kliewer or Klüver (see Kluver).
Boy/Male
British, English
Spear; Wedge-shaped Object; Triangular Shaped Piece of Land
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the Old English personal name Wegga.
WEDGE
WEDGE
Boy/Male
Bengali, Indian
Nice Leaf
Male
Hindi/Indian
(शनि) Hindi name ŚANI means "slow (as the planet Saturn)." In mythology, this is the name of a son of Surya.
Male
Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of Latin Laurus, LAURIS means "laurel."
Girl/Female
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
Peace
Boy/Male
Muslim
Gift of Allah
Boy/Male
Latin
To rejoice. Famous bearer: Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar.
Girl/Female
American, Australian
Victorious People
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil, Telugu
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Biblical
Brightness, departing.
Girl/Female
Australian, French, German, Latin
Lucky; Fortunate
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a.
Having the shape of a wedge; cuneiform.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small marine bivalves belonging to Donax and allied genera in which the shell is wedge-shaped.
n.
An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives.
a.
Not to be split with wedges.
n.
The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
adv.
In the manner of a wedge.
v. t.
To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber in its place.
v. t.
To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
v. t.
To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
imp. & p. p.
of Wedge
v. t.
To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.
v. t.
To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
a.
Having a tail which has the middle pair of feathers longest, the rest successively and decidedly shorter, and all more or less attenuate; -- said of certain birds. See Illust. of Wood hoopoe, under Wood.
a.
Like a wedge; wedge-shaped.
n.
A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
n.
One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
a.
Having the form of a wedge; cuneiform.
n.
Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
v. t.
To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.
a.
Broad and truncate at the summit, and tapering down to the base; as, a wedge-shaped leaf.