plural of wedging

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

(transitive) To support or secure using a wedge. / (transitive, intransitive) To force into a narrow gap. / (transitive) To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.

(UK, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.

plural of wedge

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of wedge

simple past tense and past participle of wedge

cuneiform or wedge-shaped / (computing, slang) Stuck; incapable of proceeding without help, though not having crashed.

present participle of wedge

The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge. / (construction) A method of joining timbers.