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
verbpast 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.
verbpast 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.