1. n. One of the simple machines; 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, sec
Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.
2. n. A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?
We ordered a box of baked potato wedges with our pizza.
3. n. (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
4. n. (figurative) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
5. n. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
6. n. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
7. n. A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
8. n. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
9. n. (colloquial, British) A quantity of money.
I made a big fat wedge from that job.
10. n. (typography, US) háček
11. n. (phonetics) The IPA character ⟨(IPAchar, ʌ)⟩, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
12. n. (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
13. n. (meteorology) a wedge tornado
14. v. To support or secure using a wedge.
I wedged open the window with a screwdriver.
15. v. To force into a narrow gap.
He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa.
16. v. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
17. v. (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update.
18. n. (Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.
corner
1. n. Coin, encoignure.
Telles furent les pensées du serrurier lorsqu'il s'assit d'abord dans la confortable encoignure, ….
2. n. (Football) Corner.
3. v. Se mettre en travers.
4. v. Accaparer, monopoliser.
corner
1. n. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.
The corners of the wire mesh were reinforced with little blobs of solder.
2. n. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point.
The chimney corner was full of cobwebs.
3. n. The projection into space of an angle in a solid object.
Herbert bruised his shin on the corner of the coffee table.
4. n. An intersection of two streets; any of the four outer points off the street at that intersection.
The liquor store on the corner also sold lottery tickets.
5. n. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part, or the direction in which it lies.
Shining a light in the dark corners of the mind. I took a trip out to his corner of town.
6. n. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.
On weekends, Emily liked to find a quiet corner and curl up with a good book.
7. n. (business, finance) A sufficient interest in a salable security or commodity to allow the cornering party to influence prices.
In the 1970s, private investors tried to get a corner on the silver market, but were ultimately unsuccessful.
8. n.Relating to the playing field.:
9. n. (baseball) One of the four vertices of the strike zone.
The pitch was just off the corner, low and outside.
10. n. (baseball) First base or third base.
There are runners on the corners with just one out.
11. n. (football) A corner kick.
12. n. (American football) A cornerback.
13. n. (boxing) The corner of the ring, which is where the boxer rests before and during a fight.
14. n. (boxing, by extension) The group of people who assist a boxer during a bout.
15. n. A place where people meet for a particular purpose.
Welcome to our English corner.
16. n. (obsolete) A point scored in a rubber at whist.
17. v. To drive (someone) into a corner or other confined space.
The cat had cornered a cricket between the sofa and the television stand.
18. v. To trap in a position of great difficulty or hopeless embarrassment.
The reporter cornered the politician by pointing out the hypocrisy of his position on mandatory sentencing, in light of the politician's own actions in court.
19. v. (finance, business, transitive) To get or attempt to get a sufficient command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to manipulate its price.
The buyers attempted to corner the shares of the railroad stock, so as to facilitate their buyout.
It's extremely hard to corner the petroleum market because there are so many players.
20. v. (automotive, transitive) To turn a corner or drive around a curve.
As the stock car driver cornered the last turn, he lost control and spun out.
21. v. (automotive, intransitive) To handle while moving around a corner in a road or otherwise turning.
That BMW corners well, but the suspension is too stiff.
shim
1. n. Cale.
2. n. (Prog) Synonyme de (l;polyfill).
3. v. Poser des cales.
shim
1. n. A wedge.
2. n. A thin piece of material, sometimes tapered, used for alignment or support.
3. n. (computing) A small library that transparently intercepts and modifies calls to an API, usually for compatibility purposes.
4. n. A kind of shallow plow used in tillage to break the ground and clear it of weeds.
5. n. A small metal device used to pick open a lock.
6. v. To fit one or more shims to a piece of machinery.
7. v. To adjust something by using shims.
8. v. (computing, transitive) To intercept and modify calls to (an API), usually for compatibility purposes.
9. n. (informal, often, derogatory) a person characterised by both male and female traits, or by ambiguous male-female traits, also called a he-she; transsexual.
10. n. (informal, often, derogatory) hermaphrodite.
1. n. A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
There was a small broom for sweeping ash kept in the nook between the fireplace bricks and the wall.
2. n. A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
The back of the used book shop was one of her favorite nooks; she could read for hours and no one would bother her or pester her to buy.
3. n. A recess, cove or hollow.
4. n. (historical) An English unit of land area, originally ¼ of a yardland but later 12½ or 20 acres.
Angle
1. n. (Géographie) Village et communauté du Pays de Galles situé dans l'autorité unitaire de Pembrokeshire.
2. n. (Géom) Angle.
3. v. Placer (quelque chose) à un angle.
The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
4. v. Changer rapidement de direction.
The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
5. v. Pêcher à la ligne.
6. v. (Familier) Chercher à obtenir.
Karim wrote to Victoria that his former employer, John Tyler, was angling for promotion.
Angle
1. n. (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons.
2. n. (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
the angle between lines A and B
3. n. (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, ce
The angle between lines A and B is π/4 radians, or 45 degrees.
4. n. A corner where two walls intersect.
an angle of a building
5. n. A change in direction.
The horse took off at an angle.
6. n. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
7. n. (media) The focus of a news story.
8. n. (slang) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
9. n. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
His angle is that he gets a percentage, but mostly in trade.
10. n. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
11. n. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
12. v. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
The roof is angled at 15 degrees.
13. v. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
The five ball angled off the nine ball but failed to reach the pocket.
14. v. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
How do you want to angle this when we talk to the client?
15. v. (transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to objec
16. v. (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
17. v. (informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
He must be angling for a pay rise.
18. n. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
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