All wedged synonyms
wedged
W w adjective wedged
- pyramidal β of, relating to, or shaped like a pyramid: the pyramidal form.
verb wedged
- compact β Compact things are small or take up very little space. You use this word when you think this is a good quality.
- condense β If you condense something, especially a piece of writing or speech, you make it shorter, usually by including only the most important parts.
- abbreviate β If you abbreviate something, especially a word or a piece of writing, you make it shorter.
- constrict β If a part of your body, especially your throat, is constricted or if it constricts, something causes it to become narrower.
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- restrict β to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- shorten β to make short or shorter.
- shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
- squeeze β to press forcibly together; compress.
- wrap β to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
- abridge β to reduce the length of (a written work) by condensing or rewriting
- abstract β An abstract idea or way of thinking is based on general ideas rather than on real things and events.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- coagulate β When a liquid coagulates, it becomes very thick.
- concentrate β If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- consolidate β If you consolidate something that you have, for example power or success, you strengthen it so that it becomes more effective or secure.
- contract β A contract is a legal agreement, usually between two companies or between an employer and employee, which involves doing work for a stated sum of money.
- cramp β Cramp is a sudden strong pain caused by a muscle suddenly contracting. You sometimes get cramp in a muscle after you have been making a physical effort over a long period of time.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- decrease β When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- dehydrate β When something such as food is dehydrated, all the water is removed from it, often in order to preserve it.
- epitomize β Be a perfect example of.
- narrow β of little breadth or width; not broad or wide; not as wide as usual or expected: a narrow path.
- pack β a group of things wrapped or tied together for easy handling or carrying; a bundle, especially one to be carried on the back of an animal or a person: a mule pack; a hiker's pack.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- ram β random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
- reduce β to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- stuff β the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
- summarise β to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- summarize β to make a summary of; state or express in a concise form.
- syncopate β Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- telescope β an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tighten β make more snug or secure
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- boil down β When you boil down a liquid or food, or when it boils down, it is boiled until there is less of it because some of the water in it has changed into steam or vapour.
- densify β to make or become denser
- load β anything put in or on something for conveyance or transportation; freight; cargo: The truck carried a load of watermelons.
- overcrowd β Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- chock β a block or wedge of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- devour β If a person or animal devours something, they eat it quickly and eagerly.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- gobble β to swallow or eat hastily or hungrily in large pieces; gulp.