wedge

1. A piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
2. 1. Something shaped like a wedge: a wedge of pie.
   2. Downstate New York. See submarine (sense 2). See Regional Note at submarine.
   3. A wedge-shaped formation, as in ground warfare.
3. 1. Something that intrudes and causes division or disruption: His nomination drove a wedge into party unity.
   2. Something that forces an opening or a beginning: a wedge in the war on poverty.
4. Meteorology. See ridge (sense 4).
5. Sports. An iron golf club with a very slanted face, used to lift the ball, as from sand.
6. One of the triangular characters of cuneiform writing.

1. To split or force apart with or as if with a wedge.
2. To fix in place or tighten with a wedge.
3. To crowd or squeeze into a limited space.

[Middle English wegge, from Old English wecg.]

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A technical chart pattern composed of two converging lines connecting a series of peaks and troughs.

Investopedia Says:
Falling wedges indicate temporary interruptions of upward price rallies. Rising wedges indicate interruptions of a falling price trend. Technical analysts see a 'breakout' of this wedge pattern as either bullish (on a breakout above the upper line) or bearish (on a breakout below the lower line).

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Technical chart pattern similar to but varying slightly from a Triangle. Two converging lines connect a series of peaks and troughs to form a wedge. These converging lines move in the same direction, unlike a triangle, in which one rises while the other falls or one rises or falls while the other line stays horizontal. Falling wedges usually occur as temporary interruptions of upward price rallies, rising wedges as interruptions of a falling price trend. See also Technical Analysis. See chart on next page.

Definition: solid piece, often triangular
Antonyms: whole

A small, pointed, triangular, contoured piece of wood used to seal the gingival margin of a cavity preparation before placement of an amalgam restoration.

1. A piece of wood, metal, or other hard material, thick at one end and tapering to a thin edge at the other.
2. See lead wedge.

A solid rectangular object, thin at one end, thick at the other.

• mouth w. — made of metal; used to force open the molar arcades of the anesthetized horse or cow. The planes on which the molars ride are roughened to prevent slippage. Called also Bayer gag.
• w. osteotomy — see cuneiform osteotomy.
• w. vertebra — see hemivertebra.

Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - kile
v. tr. - kile ind, fastkile, indklemme, kløve
v. intr. - indkilet

idioms:

• drive a wedge    drive en kile
• thin end of the wedge    begyndelsen, skråplan

2.
v. tr. - ælte (dej/ler)

Nederlands (Dutch)
vastklemmen, loswiggen, wig, driehoekig stuk

Français (French)
1.
n. - coin, cale, piton, morceau, (Sport) cocheur de sable (golf), semelle compensée, chaussure à semelle compensée
v. tr. - caler, enfoncer, faire rentrer qch dans
v. intr. - caler, enfoncer

idioms:

• drive a wedge between    monter (qch) contre (qch)
• thin end of the wedge    (n'être) qu'un début

2.
v. tr. - homogénéiser/rendre étanche (l'argile à potier)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Keil, (Schuh mit) Keilabsatz, (keilförmiges) Stück
v. - verkeilen, einklemmen, mit einem Keil spalten

idioms:

• drive a wedge between    Mißtrauen zwischen zwei Personen wecken
• thin end of the wedge    der erste Schritt, der Anfang

2.
v. - verkeilen, kneten mit Werfen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σφήνα, τάκος
v. - σφηνώνω/-ομαι, φρακάρω, στριμώχνω, συνωθώ, χώνω, μπήγω, τακώνω

idioms:

• drive a wedge    χώνω σφήνα, δημιουργώ ρήξη
• thin end of the wedge    απαρχή δεινών, η κορυφή του παγόβουνου

Italiano (Italian)
incastrare, cuneo

idioms:

• drive a wedge    seminar discordia, separare
• thin end of the wedge    primo anello della catena

Português (Portuguese)
n. - calço (m)
v. - entalar

idioms:

• drive a wedge    confundir
• thin end of the wedge    entrar numa rua escorregadia

Русский (Russian)
клин, начало каких-л. важных событий, что-л. клинообразное, заклинивать, втискивать, вклиниться, забивать клинья

idioms:

• drive a wedge    вбивать клин
• thin end of the wedge    первый шаг к чему-л., скромное, но многообещающее начало

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - cuña, calce
v. tr. - calzar, acuñar, poner cuñas a, partir o abrir con cuña
v. intr. - encajarse, agarrotarse

idioms:

• drive a wedge between    causar un quiebre entre
• thin end of the wedge    el principio de algo peor

2.
v. tr. - trabajar la arcilla (barro, etc.) preparándola para su uso '/=;

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kil, trekantig bit, golfklubba
v. - kila, kila fast, klyva

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
楔子, 起因, 楔形物, 楔入, 楔进, 挤进

idioms:

• drive a wedge    挑起...的不和
• thin end of the wedge    可以小见大的开端, 可能引起大变动或发展的小事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 楔子, 起因, 楔形物
v. tr. - 楔入, 楔進
v. intr. - 楔入, 擠進

idioms:

• drive a wedge    挑起...的不和
• thin end of the wedge    可以小見大的開端, 可能引起大變動或發展的小事

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 쐐기, 사이를 떼는 것, 쐐기 모양의 고기압권
v. tr. - 밀어 넣다, 쐐기로 고정하다, 쐐기로 쪼개다
v. intr. - 죄여서 움직이지 않게 하다, 끼어 들다, 밀어 제치고 나아가다

idioms:

• drive a wedge    (양자 사이를) 이간시키다

2.
v. tr. - (흙을 반죽하거나 자를 때) 공기를 빼고 균질화하여 자르거나 반죽하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - くさび, くさび形の物, ウェッジ
v. - くさびで留める, …にくさびを打ち込む, 無理に押し込む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إسفين, وتد, ضرب من الأخذيه (فعل) يسفن, يوتد, يحشر, يفلق بإسفين, يتسفن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮יתד, טריז, פלח טריזי‬
v. tr. - ‮ייתד, טירז, נעץ יתד, דחק, דחס, הידק ע"י טריז, הפריד ע"י טריז‬
v. intr. - ‮ננעץ כיתד או כטריז‬
v. tr. - ‮הכין (חימר לקדרות) לשימוש ע"י חיתוך, לישה והשלכה כדי להפכו לאחיד ולחסל כיסי אוויר‬

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