(~s, wedging, ~d)
1.
If you ~ something, you force it to remain in a particular position by holding it there tightly or by fixing something next to it to prevent it from moving.
I shut the shed door and ~d it with a log of wood...
We slammed the gate after them, wedging it shut with planks.
VERB: V n, V n adj
2.
If you ~ something somewhere, you fit it there tightly.
Wedge the plug into the hole...
VERB: V n prep
3.
A ~ is an object with one pointed edge and one thick edge, which you put under a door to keep it firmly in position.
N-COUNT
4.
A ~ of something such as fruit or cheese is a piece of it that has a thick triangular shape.
N-COUNT: usu N of n
5.
If someone drives a ~ between two people who are close, they cause ill feelings between them in order to weaken their relationship.
I started to feel Toby was driving a ~ between us.
PHRASE: V inflects, usu PHR between pl-n
6.
If you say that something is the thin end of the ~, you mean that it appears to be unimportant at the moment, but that it is the beginning of a bigger, more harmful development. (BRIT)
I think it’s the thin end of the ~ when you have armed police permanently on patrol round a city.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v