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wedging

verb

Meaning

  1. To support or secure using a wedge.
  2. To force into a narrow gap.
  3. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
  4. Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
  5. To cleave with a wedge.
  6. To force or drive with a wedge.
  7. The process of supporting or securing something with a wedge.
  8. A method of joining timbers.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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