wedging
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Definitions ofwedging
- To support or secure using a wedge.
Example: "I wedged open the window with a screwdriver."
- To force into a narrow gap.
Example: "He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa."
- To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
Example: "My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update."
- To cleave with a wedge.
- To force or drive with a wedge.
- To shape into a wedge.
- The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge.
- A method of joining timbers.
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