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# wedged

adjective; past form of the verb «wedge» (wedge, wedges, wedged, wedging)

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

## Everyday

1. Wedged means stuck tightly in a narrow space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#m1)
2. To have wedged something means to have pushed it tightly into a space, or to have held something open or shut with a wedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life a door is wedged open with a doorstop; a ball gets wedged in a fence. In stories, a character is wedged between two people on a crowded bus. In science, a wedge is a simple machine (like an axe blade or a doorstop) that pushes things apart or holds them. Phrases: «wedged in», «wedged between», «wedged open», «wedged shut».

### Examples

- The ball was wedged between two branches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x1)
- Dad wedged the door open with a rubber stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x2)
- My foot got wedged under the seat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x3)
- I sat wedged between my two big brothers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x4)
- The window was wedged shut. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x5)
- A book was wedged under the table leg to stop it wobbling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x6)
- He landed on his head with his leg in the air, his gun being wedged between two paving-stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/wedged/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb: wedged (drop the e, add -d). A «wedge» is a simple machine in science, a triangle-shaped block. In safety, never wedge fire doors open.

## On Mova

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