wedge
One of the simple machinesOne 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.
» Tom wedged the claw of the crowbar under the nailhead and pulled out the nail.
Tom fasste mit der Klaue der Brechstange unter den Kopf des Nagels und zog den Nagel heraus.
Значение
значений: 22(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)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.
Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
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.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
We ordered a box of baked potato wedges with our pizza, and an iceberg wedge as our side salad.
Stück
кусо́кkusók
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
Keil
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A voussoir, one of the wedge-shaped blocks forming an arch or vault.
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
Near-synonyms: wedge issue, salami tactics, culture wars
drive a wedge between [persons, peoples, camps, allies, etc.]
Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories; a shot made with such a club.
Wedge
(исчисляемое, переносно, неисчисляемое)One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes, which lift the heel of the foot from the ground.
Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.
(США, исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A háček.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A hairpin, an elongated horizontal V-shaped sign indicating a crescendo or decrescendo.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)One of the basic elements that make up cuneiform writing, a single triangular impression made with the corner of a reed stylus.
Примеры
предложений: 22Tom wedged the claw of the crowbar under the nailhead and pulled out the nail.
deTom fasste mit der Klaue der Brechstange unter den Kopf des Nagels und zog den Nagel heraus.
More painful than any wedge.
Больнее, чем любой клинок.
ukНайболючіше, ніж будь-який клинок.
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
Винт, рычаг, клин, блок и т.д. называются простыми механизмами.
It's easy to make potato wedges.
You drove a wedge between us.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West GermFrom Middle English wegge (“wedge”), from Old English weċġ (“wedge”), from Proto-West Germanic *wagi, from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz.
From Wedgewood, surname of the person who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.
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Формы
мн. число: wedgesСинонимы
синонимов: 27- any shape that is triangular in cross section:wedge shapecuneus
- a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object:chock
- a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe:wedge heel
- a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation:hacek
- a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States:bombergrinderherohero sandwichhoagiehoagyCuban sandwichItalian sandwich
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 35Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым