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[we‹] 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.) cunha2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) fatia2. 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.) entalar(-se)* * *[wedʒ] n 1 cunha (também fig), calço. 2 objeto em forma de cunha. • vt+vi 1 usar cunha, cunhar, rachar por meio de cunha. 2 entalar, prender ou segurar com cunha, calçar. 3 apertar, pressionar, prender em um espaço estreito. 4 forçar, socar, escavar. 5 forçar caminho. to wedge apart separar, rachar por meio de cunhas. to wedge into fixar, apertar(-se). to wedge off lascar, rachar com cunhas. to wedge oneself in introduzir-se à força. to wedge open abrir à força.
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