wedging
present participle ofwedge
wedge
verb[T]
uk/wedʒ/us/wedʒ/to make somethingstayin aparticularpositionby using a wedge:
[+ adj]Find something to wedge thewindowopen/closedwith.
to put something into a verysmallornarrowspace, so that it cannotmoveeasily:
Hershoecame off and got wedged between thebars.
I wasstandingwaitingfor abus, wedgedbetween(=fixedbetween andunabletomoveaway from)twooldladiesandtheirbagsofshopping.
Closing and blocking
- barricade
- batten
- batten down the hatchesidiom
- be snowed upidiom
- blocksomethingoff
- choke
- congest
- cork
- dam
- damsomethingup
- ensconce
- gum
- seal
- self-seal
- self-sealing
- shut
- shut(something)off
- shutsomeone/somethingin(something)
- snap
- the darkest hour is just before the dawnidiom
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Inserting and forcing things into other things
Examplesofwedging
wedging
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
He identifiedwedgingand jamming conditions and recommended ways to avoid insertion failure.
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In relation towedging, a 30° enhanced dynamic wedge was used in each beam.
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This may not be easily achievable, especially where different machines with different diaphragm andwedgingsystems exist within the department.
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During the insertion of the peg in the hole jamming orwedgingmay occur.
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The only failure observed was due to a pegin-hole failure caused by pegwedging(2% failure rate).
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He identifiedwedgingand jamming conditions and recommended ways to avoid these modes of insertion failure.
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On outcrop scale, individual thin- to thickbedded sandstone beds are tabular towedging.
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To avoidwedging, the tolerance of the parallelism needs to be set properly, according to a desired final insertion depth.
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Segun9 have formed the conditions of jamming andwedgingfor the round peg and hole problem using motor theory.
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Wedgingon the posterior oblique fields.
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Wedgingon the lateral fields.
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Surely something should be done to make hatch covers safe, apart from thewedgingof the canvas?
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The cold airwedgingunderneath warmer air creates the strongest winds just above the ground surface, a phenomenon often associated with property-damaging wind gusts.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The underside, which is inclined to the flow at a high angle of attack, creates lift in reaction to the vehiclewedgingthe airflow downwards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There are three models that help explain this emplacement: wedge extrusion, channel flow, and tectonicwedging.
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