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1 wedge
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1. noun1) (a piece of wood or metal, thick at one end and sloping to a thin edge at the other, used in splitting wood etc or in fixing something tightly in place: She used a wedge under the door to prevent it swinging shut.) cuña2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) porción, pedazo
2. verb(to fix or become fixed by, or as if by, a wedge or wedges: He is so fat that he got wedged in the doorway.) acuñar; apretarwedge n cuñatr[weʤ]2 (of cake, cheese) trozo grande3 (golf) wedge nombre masculino1 (force apart) acuñar, calzar2 (pack tightly) apretar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLthe thin edge of the wedge solo el principioto be wedged tight estar completamente trabado,-ato wedge something open mantener algo abierto,-a mediante una cuña1) : apretar (con una cuña)to wedge open: mantener abierto con una cuña2) cram: meter, embutirwedge n1) : cuña f2) piece: porción f, trozo mv.• apretar v.• atarugar v.• calzar v.• encajar v.n.• alzaprima s.f.• apretador s.m.• calce s.m.• calza s.f.• calzo s.m.• cuña s.f.
I wedʒa) ( for securing) cuña f, calce m, calzo mb) ( for splitting) cuña fto drive a wedge between two people/groups — abrir* una brecha entre dos personas/grupos
c) ( shape)a wedge of cheese/cake — un trozo grande de queso/pastel
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a) ( secure)[wedʒ]to wedge a door open — ponerle* una cuña or un calce a una puerta para que no se cierre
1. N2) (=piece) [of cheese, cake] porción f, pedazo m (grande)3) (Golf) wedge m, cucharilla f4) (=shoe) zapato m de cuña2.VTto wedge a door open — mantener abierta una puerta con una cuña or una calza
I was wedged between two other passengers — me estuve apretado or inmovilizado entre otros dos pasajeros
3.CPDwedge heel N — (=heel) tacón m de cuña; (=shoe) zapato m de cuña
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I [wedʒ]a) ( for securing) cuña f, calce m, calzo mb) ( for splitting) cuña fto drive a wedge between two people/groups — abrir* una brecha entre dos personas/grupos
c) ( shape)a wedge of cheese/cake — un trozo grande de queso/pastel
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a) ( secure)to wedge a door open — ponerle* una cuña or un calce a una puerta para que no se cierre
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2 ridge
ri‹1) (a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.) cresta2) (a long narrow row of hills.) cadena3) (anything like a ridge in shape: A ridge of high pressure is a long narrow area of high pressure as shown on a weather map.) cresta4) (the top edge of something where two sloping surfaces meet, eg on a roof.) caballeteridge n crestatr[rɪʤ]1 SMALLGEOGRAPHY/SMALL cresta2 (of roof) caballete nombre masculinoridge ['rɪʤ] n1) chain: cadena f (de montañas o cerros)2) : caballete m (de un techo), cresta f (de una ola o una montaña), cordoncillo m (de telas)n.• caballete s.m.• caballón s.m.• camellón s.m.• cordillera s.f.• cordoncillo s.m.• cresta s.f.• escollo s.m.• espinazo s.m.• filo s.m.• lomo s.m.• sierra s.f.rɪdʒa) ( in plowed field) caballón mb) ( of hills) cadena f; ( hilltop) cresta f; ( on ocean floor) arrecife mc) ( Meteo)[rɪdʒ]1.N [of hills, mountains] cadena f ; [of nose] puente m, caballete m ; [of roof] caballete m ; (Agr) caballón m ; (=crest of hill) cumbre f, cresta f(Met)ridge of high/low pressure — línea f de presión alta/baja
2.CPDridge pole N — (on tent) caballete m, cumbrera f
ridge tent N — tienda f canadiense
ridge tile N — teja f de caballete
* * *[rɪdʒ]a) ( in plowed field) caballón mb) ( of hills) cadena f; ( hilltop) cresta f; ( on ocean floor) arrecife mc) ( Meteo)
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