wedge

1. (transitive)To support or secure using a wedge.

   I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.

   расклиниватьrasklinivatʹ

2. (ambitransitive)To force into a narrow gap.

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

   I wedged into the alcove and listened carefully.

   einkeilen, klemmen

   вклиниватьvklinivatʹ, втискиватьvtiskivatʹ

3. (transitive)To pack (people or animals) together tightly into a mass.

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

5. (informal, intransitive)Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.

   My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.

6. (transitive)To cleave with a wedge.

7. (transitive)To force or drive with a wedge.

   put, fix, force, or implant

8. (transitive)To shape into a wedge.

   squeeze like a wedge into a tight space

1. Tom 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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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2. More painful than any wedge.

   Найболючіше, ніж будь-який клинок. — DeSha

   ruБольнее, чем любой клинок. — DeSha

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3. It's easy to make potato wedges.

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4. You drove a wedge between us.

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5. Would you like another wedge of pie?

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