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# wedge

noun (a wedge, wedges); verb (wedge, wedges, wedged, wedging)

«wedge» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A piece of wood, metal or other material that is thick at one end and thin at the other, used to hold something in place or split something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#m1)
2. A piece shaped like this: a wedge of cheese or lemon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#m2)
3. (verb) To push or squeeze something into a tight space so it stays there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#m3)
4. (verb) To hold something in place with a wedge: wedge the door open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#m4)

### In the lessons

In science: a wedge is one of the simple machines, used in axes and knives to split things. In maths: a slice of a circle or cake can be a wedge. In everyday life: door wedges, potato wedges, getting stuck («wedged in»).

### Examples

- Put a wedge under the door to keep it open. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x1)
- An axe works like a wedge to split the log. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x2)
- He cut a wedge of cheese for his sandwich. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x3)
- My foot got wedged between two rocks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x4)
- We had potato wedges with dinner. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x5)
- A cake cut into 8 equal wedges gives each piece one eighth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x6)
- Going into the large yard, he cut two oaken wedges, took a new wheel, and drove a wedge firmly into one end of its axle-box. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Verb is regular: wedged, wedging (drop the e). Science fact: a wedge is a simple machine that turns a push into a sideways force. In fractions, equal wedges of a round cake show 1/8, 1/4 and so on.

## In Jewish tradition

In Sefer Yetzirah the "tongue," sometimes called a wedge, is the balancing point between two opposite sides.

**Interpretation.** The commentators see the tongue as the middle element that balances the opposites, such as merit and guilt.

### Examples

- Elsewhere in the SY, the ‘tongue’ (or ‘wedge’) appears as the symbol of a central balance between two extremities, e.g. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wedge/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Verb is regular: wedged, wedging (drop the e). Science fact: a wedge is a simple machine that turns a push into a sideways force. In fractions, equal wedges of a round cake show 1/8, 1/4 and so on.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «wedge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wedge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/wedge.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «wedge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/wedge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«wedge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/wedge.html) on Mova free.