wedge n
1. any shape that is triangular in cross section [syn: wedge shape, cuneus]
2. a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States [syn: bomber, grinder, hero, hero sandwich, hoagie, hoagy, Cuban sandwich, Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, submarine, submarine sandwich, torpedo, zep]
3. a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as c) to indicate pronunciation [syn: hacek]
4. a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe [syn: wedge heel}]
5. (golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole
6. something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them
7. a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object [syn: chock] v
8. fix, force, or implant; "lodge a bullet in the table" [syn: lodge, stick, deposit] [ant: dislodge]
9. squeeze like a wedge into a tight space; "I squeezed myself into the corner" [syn: squeeze, force]

Wedge \Wedge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wedged; p. pr. & vb. n. Wedging.]
1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. ``My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain.'' --Shak.
2. To force or drive as a wedge is driven. Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be wedged in more. --Shak.

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