Wedge
noun
- 1.
- (a piece of wood or metal, etc., thick at one end and tapered to a edge atthe other thrust between things, to force them apart or prevent free movement, etc., anything with a wedge like shape or part, any action or procedure used to open the way for a change) ជ្រុង, កៀន, មុម, ទីដីតូច (ពាក្យសាមញ្ញប្រើថាដីមួយដុំឬមួយច្រក) ស្រុកចុងកាត់មាត់ញក, woodcutter's wedge ស្នៀត (សម្រាប់សៀតរឺស៊ក ។ល។) / wedge of pie ជ្រុង, ដុំ
verb — past tense: wedged ; past participle: wedged ; present participle: wedging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to fix in place by driving a wedge under, etc., to jam to compress, to, force (in), to squeeze (in), to fasten with wedge) វាយស្នៀត, វាយផ្ទប់, ធ្វើអោយគាំង, ច្រកបញ្ចូល
Example: A stranger wedged his way through the crowd, drive a wedge into.wege two boards apart ធ្វើឱ្យញែកចេញពីគ្នា, wege a note in the door សៀត, ស៊ក, wege one's way through an opening ប្រជ្រៀត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- A piece of metal, or other hard material, thick at one end, and tapering to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood, rocks, etc., in raising heavy bodies, and the like. It is one of the six elementary machines called the mechanical powers.
- 2.
- A solid of five sides, having a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- 3.
- A mass of metal, especially when of a wedgelike form.
- 4.
- Anything in the form of a wedge, as a body of troops drawn up in such a form.
- 5.
- 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.
verb — past tense: wedged ; past participle: wedged ; present participle: wedging ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To force or drive as a wedge is driven.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does; as, to wedge one's way.
- 4.
- (TRANSITIVE) To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the manner of a wedge that is driven into something.
- 5.
- (TRANSITIVE) 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.
- 6.
- (TRANSITIVE) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses, and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.