Wedge Definition–noun | 1. | a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a
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sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def. 3b). | | 2. | a piece of anything of like shape: a wedge of pie. | | 3. | a cuneiform character or stroke of this shape. | | 4. | Meteorology. (formerly) an elongated area of relatively high pressure. | | 5. | something that serves to part, split, divide, etc.: The quarrel drove a wedge int
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o the party organization. | | 6. | Military. (formerly) a tactical formation generally in the form of a V with the point toward the enemy. | | 7. | Golf. a club with an iron head the face of which is nearly horizontal, for lofting the ball, esp. out of sand traps and high grass. | | 10. | Chiefly Coastal Connecticut and Rhode Island. a hero sandwich. | | 11. | a wedge heel or shoe with such a heel. | –verb (used with object) | 12. | to separate or split with or as if with a wedge (often fol. by open, apart, etc.): to wedge open a log. | | 13. | to insert or fix with a wedge. | | 14. | to pack or fix tightly: to wedge clothes into a suitcase. | | 15. | to thrust, drive, fix, etc., like a wedge: He wedged himself through the narrow opening. | | 16. | Ceramics. to pound (clay) in order to remove air bubbles. | | 17. | to fell or direct the fall of (a tree) by driving wedges into the cut made by the saw. | –verb (used without object) <
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td class="dnindex">18. | to force a way like a wedge (usually fol. by in, into, through, etc.): The box won't wedge into such a narrow space. | |
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Sandal Definition–noun | 1. | a shoe consisting of a sole of leather or other material fastened to the foot by thongs or straps. | | 2. | any of various low shoes or slippers. | | 3. | a light, low, rubber overshoe covering only the front part of a woman's high-heeled shoe. | | 4. | a band or strap that fastens a low shoe or slipper on the foot by passing over the instep or around the ankle. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to furnish with sandals. | |
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Guardian Unlimited - Found Jan. 3, 2009
... on from last year's sculpted and decorated wedge, the sophisticated new take on the theme is the wooden platform sandal exemplified by Gucci...
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Herald Sun - Found Dec. 25, 2008
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... bucket as a backdrop for one perfect red pump or sandal.” Whipped by ... 49.99 She’ll paint the town red in this criss-cross wedge by ...
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New Straits Times - Found Dec. 15, 2008
... wedge worn at social gatherings and a riding boot worn for a cattle drive across the unforgiving landscape of the Outback to an evening sandal...
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IAfrica.com - Found Dec. 2, 2008
... open shoes, obviously, but still no flip flops — not even those with the higher or wedge heel. Wear a strappy sandal for an event or even a...
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Fibre 2 Fashion - Found Nov. 29, 2008
... is an architectural masterpiece in miniature: a sandal in patent and clear matt PVC, laced at the ankle with an arched 100mm wedge in smoky...
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PR Newswire - Found Nov. 25, 2008
... downtown edge to their fashion-forward ensembles, the line includes a platform sandal, platform ankle boot, tall wedge boot, tall high-heeled...
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Atlanta Business Chronicle - Found Nov. 25, 2008
... downtown edge to their fashion-forward ensembles, the line includes a platform sandal, platform ankle boot, tall wedge boot, tall high-heeled...
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San Francisco Business Times - Found Nov. 25, 2008
... downtown edge to their fashion-forward ensembles, the line includes a platform sandal, platform ankle boot, tall wedge boot, tall high-heeled...
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