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Antonyms for wedged

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : wejd

Phonetic Transcription : wɛdʒd

Definition of wedged

Origin : mid-15c., from wedge (n.). Related: Wedged; wedging.

As in jammed : adj stuck fast
As in catatonic : adj unaware
As in tapering : adj narrowing
As in fast : adj fixed, immovable
As in jam : verb squeeze in; compress
As in pack : verb fill, compact
As in ram : verb bang into; pack forcibly
As in set : verb position, place
As in squeeze : verb exert pressure on sides, parts of something
As in stuff : verb load with
As in compress : verb compact, condense
As in cram : verb fill to overflowing; compress
As in fasten : verb make secure; join together

Example sentences :

The rails are fixed into holes, bored and wedged in the posts.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

Dan touched the foot, and found that it was, indeed, wedged fast.
Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson

The inner end of the pole she wedged in a crevice of the split rock.
Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet

Jud and I, wedged in, were tossed about by the surging of the cattle, as the jam broke.
Extract from : « Dwellers in the Hills » by Melville Davisson Post

I looked for Henry and found him wedged in a forest of legs.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, March 31, 1920 » by Various

Babs clung to the rail and I was wedged prone under the couch.
Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings

Then they are wedged tightly into the holes so that they cannot slacken.
Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius

The catch had been wedged back into the lock so that it could not spring out again.
Extract from : « The Daffodil Mystery » by Edgar Wallace

I wedged and jammed my way through the living throng to the window.
Extract from : « Daring and Suffering: » by William Pittenger

In a second or two, we had gathered them into a hard ‘clump,’ and wedged them into the hole.
Extract from : « The Desert Home » by Mayne Reid

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