Word Finder - wedged

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To support or secure using a wedge.

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I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.

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To force into a narrow gap.

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He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.

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To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.

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Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.

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My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.

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To cleave with a wedge.

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To force or drive with a wedge.

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To shape into a wedge.

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Cuneiform or wedge-shaped

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Stuck; incapable of proceeding without help, though not having crashed.

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The server seems to be wedged: it's not even responding to pings.

They are stuck there, wedged on the bridge, and don't move.

She was wedged into a corner chair with one hand in a bag of cookies while the other took notes.

Memon's lifeless body was wedged between the bars of one cell.

The ginging sized boulders wedged in a small window at roof level were far to inviting to leave alone.

On the contrary, it favours the belief that it should be a compact and moderately heavy and powerful structure, which trusts for elevation and propulsion entirely to its flying appliances - whether actively moving wings, or screws, or aeroplanes wedged forward by screws.

All main joints are through mortice and tenon types, and wedged using waterproof adhesive for maximum durability.

Of interest, during these cleaning activities he unearthed what appeared to be a bear trap wedged in a crack.

If your dog is wedged under the sofa or your cat has scaled a 10-foot bookcase, take note.

Wedgies - In the 70s these were made of cork, but these days wedged heels are in cork and every other shoe material.

Previews to many classic movies can be found either online or wedged in between feature broadcasts on Turner Movie Classics (TMC) or American Movie Classics (AMC) on cable television.

The two main styles beloved by those who demand all-day comfort are the wedged heel lace-ups and moccasins.

The grommets could fail, causing the floor mat to be wedged near the accelerator pedal.

Over time, you'll end up with stains on the upholstery, grime in the crevices of your dashboard, and things you probably don't even want to think about wedged under your seats.

In this action, the carmaker addressed concerns that the vehicle's accelerator pedal could become wedged beneath the driver's floor mat.

In the event of a malfunction, the accelerator pedal could become wedged beneath the driver's side floor mat, causing the driver to lose control of the vehicle.

The vehicle's accelerator pedal could become wedged beneath the floor mat, leading to a loss of control.

There was no backdoor in the kitchen, but Traci had wedged the window over the sink open.

The sheriff sat with his six-foot four-inch frame wedged behind his ancient desk, about to devour a large pastry.

Down the faster runs and chutes, artfully wedged pine boles clog the current with trouty habitat.

Integrated in the front bumper structure, this device prevents passenger cars from being wedged under the truck in a frontal collision.

She rolled slowly until she was on the floor, wedged between the bench and the punctured floor of the helo.

Ten of these frames had a small piece of comb fixed to the topbar in each, supported (temporarily) by a thin lath wedged up with pegs at side, the latter being removed when the comb had been made secure by the bees.

The upper fall is known as the Rumbling Bridge from the fact that the stream pours with a rumbling noise through a deep narrow gorge in which a huge fallen rock has become wedged, forming a rude bridge or arch.

The under jaws are hinged on to the quadrate bones, which extend obliquely backwards, and are immovably wedged in between the squamosal and the lateral occipital wings.

The central region, although wedged in between two belts of folding, is not affected by the folds of either, excepting near its margins.

It was hoped that when the aeroplanes were wedged forward in the air by vertical screws, or by the body to be flown, each aeroplane would rest or float upon a stratum of undisturbed air, and that practically the aeroplanes would give the same support as if spread out horizontally.

This consists of a heavy cast iron ring, known as a wedging crib, or curb, also fitted together in segments, which is lodged in a square-edged groove cut for its reception, tightly caulked with moss, and wedged into position.

It appears not improbable that the sternal plates wedged in between Fll '` vu...

The squamosals form part of the cranial wall, being firmly wedged in between the quadrate, prootic and occipital bones.

Here, wedged in among the ruder Papuans, who reappear at the extremity of the peninsula, a very different-looking people are found, whom competent observers, arguing from appearance, language and customs, assert to be a branch of the fair Polynesian race.

Wedged in between the railway and the Indus, but still north of the railway, is a curious mass of rough mountain country, which forms the southern abutment of the Suliman system.