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1 wedge
[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.) pleištas2) (something similar in shape: a wedge of cheese.) trikampis gabaliukas2. 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.) įstrigti, į(si)tvirtinti, įvaryti -
2 skid
[skid] 1. past tense, past participle - skidded; verb(to slide accidentally sideways: His back wheel skidded and he fell off his bike.) susimėtyti, nublokšti/mesti į šalį2. noun1) (an accidental slide sideways.) susimėtymas2) (a wedge etc put under a wheel to check it on a steep place.) pavaža, šliūžė -
3 stop
[stop] 1. past tense, past participle - stopped; verb1) (to (make something) cease moving, or come to rest, a halt etc: He stopped the car and got out; This train does not stop at Birmingham; He stopped to look at the map; He signalled with his hand to stop the bus.) (su)stoti, (su)stabdyti2) (to prevent from doing something: We must stop him (from) going; I was going to say something rude but stopped myself just in time.) sulaikyti, sukliudyti3) (to discontinue or cease eg doing something: That woman just can't stop talking; The rain has stopped; It has stopped raining.) nustoti4) (to block or close: He stopped his ears with his hands when she started to shout at him.) už(si)kimšti5) (to close (a hole, eg on a flute) or press down (a string on a violin etc) in order to play a particular note.) prispausti6) (to stay: Will you be stopping long at the hotel?) viešėti, apsistoti2. noun1) (an act of stopping or state of being stopped: We made only two stops on our journey; Work came to a stop for the day.) sustojimas2) (a place for eg a bus to stop: a bus stop.) stotelė3) (in punctuation, a full stop: Put a stop at the end of the sentence.) taškas4) (a device on a flute etc for covering the holes in order to vary the pitch, or knobs for bringing certain pipes into use on an organ.) vožtuvėlis, ventilis, klavišas5) (a device, eg a wedge etc, for stopping the movement of something, or for keeping it in a fixed position: a door-stop.) ribotuvas•- stoppage- stopper
- stopping
- stopcock
- stopgap
- stopwatch
- put a stop to
- stop at nothing
- stop dead
- stop off
- stop over
- stop up
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Wedge — Wedge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wedged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wedging}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To cleave or separate with a wedge or wedges, or as with a wedge; to rive. My heart, as wedged with a sigh, would rive in twain. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To force… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Wedge International Tower — ] Wedge International Tower, usually capitalized as WEDGE International Tower, is a skyscraper in Houston, Texas. The building was formerly known as the Southwest Bank of Texas Building, Unitedbank Plaza, and 1415 Louisiana.cite… … Wikipedia
wedge — [wej] n. [ME wegge < OE wecg, akin to Ger dial. weck < IE * wogwhyo , wedge, akin to * wogwhni s, plowshare > L vomis, OHG waganso] 1. a piece of hard material, as wood or metal, tapering from a thick back to a thin edge that can be… … English World dictionary
Wedge (mechanical device) — Infobox tool name = wedge caption =Woodsplitting wedge other name = classification = Hand tool types = used with =Sledgehammer related = Chisel Splitting maul Axeotheruses2|WedgeA wedge is a triangular shaped tool, a compound and portable… … Wikipedia
Wedge Community Co-op — Infobox Co operative company name = Wedge Community Co op company company type = consumers cooperative foundation = 1974 location = Minneapolis, Minnesota members = 13,000 industry = products = Organic food revenue = $36 million operating income … Wikipedia
wedge — I UK [wedʒ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wedge : singular wedge plural wedges 1) a) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force… … English dictionary
wedge — wedge1 [ wedʒ ] noun count 1. ) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other and is pressed into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart a ) something that has the shape of a wedge … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
wedge — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Wedge is used before these nouns: ↑heel, ↑shape Wedge is used after these nouns: ↑lemon, ↑orange, ↑potato {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ firmly, t … Collocations dictionary
wedge — [wedʒ] noun [C] I 1) a piece of wood, plastic, or other material that is thin at one end and wider at the other. You press it into a space to hold something in place or to force things apart. 2) a piece of something that is shaped like a wedge a… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
wedge — A solid body having the shape of an acute angled triangular prism. [A.S. weeg] dental w. a double inclined plane used for separating the teeth, maintaining the separation once obtained, or holding a matrix in place. * * * (wej) [A.S. wecg] 1. a… … Medical dictionary
Eric Wedge — Infobox MLB retired name=Eric Wedge ImageWidth=300 caption=Wedge as manager for the Indians on April 18, 2008 position=Catcher, Manager birthdate=birth date and age|1968|1|27 bats=Right throws=Right debutdate=October 5 debutyear=by|1991 debutteam … Wikipedia
