Synonyms of the word

wedge

• n. One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered…
• n. A piece (of food, etc.) having this shape.
• n. (geometry) A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting…
• n. (figuratively) Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
• n. (archaic) A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted…
• n. (golf) A type of iron club used for short, high trajectories.
• n. A group of geese, swans or other birds when they are in flight in a V formation.
• n. One of a pair of wedge-heeled shoes.
• n. (colloquial, Britain) A quantity of money.
• n. (typography, US) háček.
• n. (phonetics) The IPA character <ʌ>, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.
• n. (mathematics) The symbol ∧, denoting a meet (infimum) operation or logical conjunction.
• n. (meteorology) a wedge tornado.
• v. To support or secure using a wedge.
• v. To force into a narrow gap.
• v. To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
• v. (computing, informal, intransitive) Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
• n. (Britain, Cambridge University slang) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical…

block

• n. A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.
• n. A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.
• n. A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.
• n. A residential building consisting of flats.
• n. The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.
• n. Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.
• n. (slang) The human head.
• n. A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.
• n. A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.
• n. A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.
• n. (computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).
• n. (programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.
• n. (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
• n. (rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for…
• n. (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present…
• n. Something that prevents something from passing (see blockage).
• n. (sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball,…
• n. (cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum…
• n. (volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s…
• n. (philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.
• n. A section of split logs used as fuel.
• n. (Britain) Solitary confinement.
• n. A cellblock.
• n. (falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.
• n. (printing, dated) A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.
• n. (obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.
• n. A section of a railroad where the block system is used.
• n. (cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.
• n. (cricket) A blockhole.
• n. (cricket) The popping crease.
• n. Misspelling of bloc.
• v. (transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.
• v. (transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).
• v. (transitive, sports) To impede an opponent.
• v. (transitive, theater) To specify the positions and movements of the actors.
• v. (transitive, cricket) To hit with a block.
• v. (intransitive, cricket) To play a block shot.
• v. (transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.
• v. (computing, intransitive) To wait.
• v. (transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

bomber

• n. A military aircraft designed to carry and drop bombs.
• n. A person who sets bombs, especially as an act of terrorism.
• n. A bomber jacket.
• n. (US) A 22-ounce beer bottle.
• adj. (climbing, slang) Completely solid and secure, usually referring to some form of protective gear (n.b…

chock

• n. Any wooden block used as a wedge or filler.
• n. (nautical) Any fitting or fixture used to restrict movement, especially movement of a line; traditionally…
• n. Blocks made of either wood, plastic or metal, used to keep a parked aircraft, trailer, or other vehicle,…
• v. (transitive) To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch.
• v. (intransitive) To fill up, as a cavity.
• v. (nautical) To insert a line in a chock.
• adv. (nautical) Entirely; quite.
• n. (obsolete) An encounter.
• v. (obsolete) To encounter.
• v. To make a dull sound.

cuneus

• n. (anatomy) A portion of the occipital lobe of the human brain, involved in visual processing.
• n. (architecture) One of a set of wedge-shaped divisions separated by stairways, found in the Ancient Roman…

deposit

• n. Sediment or rock that is not native to its present location or is different from the surrounding material…
• n. That which is placed anywhere, or in anyone's hands, for safekeeping; something entrusted to the care…
• n. (banking) Money placed in an account.
• n. Anything left behind on a surface.
• n. (finance) A sum of money or other asset given as an initial payment, to show good faith, or to reserve…
• n. A sum of money given as a security for a borrowed item, which will be given back when the item is returned,…
• n. A place of deposit; a depository.
• v. (transitive) To lay down; to place; to put.
• v. To lay up or away for safekeeping; to put up; to store.
• v. To entrust one's assets to the care of another. Sometimes done as collateral.
• v. (transitive) To put money or funds into an account.
• v. To lay aside; to rid oneself of.

diacritic

• adj. distinguishing.
• adj. (orthography, not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
• n. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

displace

• v. To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
• v. To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
• v. (of a floating ship) To have a weight equal to that of the water displaced.
• v. (psycology) to repress.

fasten

• v. To attach or connect in a secure manner.
• v. To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to land.

fix

• n. A repair or corrective action.
• n. A difficult situation; a quandary or dilemma.
• n. (informal) A single dose of an addictive drug administered to a drug user.
• n. A prearrangement of the outcome of a supposedly competitive process, such as a sporting event, a game,…
• n. A determination of location.
• n. (US) fettlings (mixture used to line a furnace).
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce; now generally replaced by transfix.
• v. (transitive) To attach; to affix; to hold in place or at a particular time.
• v. (transitive) To mend, to repair.
• v. (transitive, informal) To prepare (food).
• v. (transitive) To make (a contest, vote, or gamble) unfair; to privilege one contestant or a particular…
• v. (transitive, US, informal) To surgically render an animal, especially a pet, infertile.
• v. (transitive, mathematics, sematics) To map a (point or subset) to itself.
• v. (transitive, informal) To take revenge on, to best; to serve justice on an assumed miscreant.
• v. (transitive) To render (a photographic impression) permanent by treating with such applications as will…
• v. (transitive, chemistry, biology) To convert into a stable or available form.
• v. (intransitive) To become fixed; to settle or remain permanently; to cease from wandering; to rest.
• v. (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal;…

force

• n. Strength or energy of body or mind; active power; vigour; might; capacity of exercising an influence or…
• n. Power exerted against will or consent; compulsory power; violence; coercion.
• n. (countable) Anything that is able to make a big change in a person or thing.
• n. (countable, physics) A physical quantity that denotes ability to push, pull, twist or accelerate a body…
• n. Something or anything that has the power to produce an effect upon something else.
• n. (countable) A group that aims to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (uncountable) The ability to attack, control, or constrain.
• n. (countable) A magic trick in which the outcome is known to the magician beforehand, especially one involving…
• n. (law) Legal validity.
• n. (law) Either unlawful violence, as in a "forced entry", or lawful compulsion.
• n. (linguistics, semantics, pragmatics) Ability of an utterance or its element (word, form, prosody, …) to…
• n. (science fiction) A binding, metaphysical, and ubiquitous power in the fictional universe of the Star…
• v. (transitive) To violate (a woman); to rape.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive, intransitive) To exert oneself, to do one's utmost.
• v. (transitive) To compel (someone or something) to do something.
• v. (transitive) To constrain by force; to overcome the limitations or resistance of.
• v. (transitive) To drive (something) by force, to propel (generally + prepositional phrase or adverb).
• v. (transitive) To cause to occur (despite inertia, resistance etc.); to produce through force.
• v. (transitive) To forcibly open (a door, lock etc.).
• v. To obtain or win by strength; to take by violence or struggle; specifically, to capture by assault; to…
• v. (transitive, baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return…
• v. (whist) To compel (an adversary or partner) to trump a trick by leading a suit that he/she does not hold.
• v. (archaic) To put in force; to cause to be executed; to make binding; to enforce.
• v. (archaic) To provide with forces; to reinforce; to strengthen by soldiers; to man; to garrison.
• v. (obsolete) To allow the force of; to value; to care for.
• n. (countable, Northern England) A waterfall or cascade.
• v. To stuff; to lard; to farce.

grinder

• n. One who grinds something, such as the teeth.
• n. (anatomical) A molar.
• n. A power tool with a spinning abrasive disc, used for grinding, smoothing, and shaping materials, usually…
• n. (US, regional) A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll.
• n. A kitchen gadget for processing coffee, herbs etc. into small or powdered pieces.
• n. The restless flycatcher (Seisura inquieta) of Australia, which makes a noise like a scissors grinder.
• n. (music, slang) A fan or performer of grindcore music.

hacek

• n. Alternative spelling of háček.

heel

• n. (anatomy) The rear part of the foot, where it joins the leg.
• n. The part of a shoe's sole which supports the foot's heel.
• n. The rear part of a sock or similar covering for the foot.
• n. The part of the palm of a hand closest to the wrist.
• n. (usually in the plural) A woman's high-heeled shoe.
• n. (firearms) The back, upper part of the stock.
• n. The last or lowest part of anything.
• n. (US, Ireland) A crust end-piece of a loaf of bread.
• n. (US) The base of a bun sliced in half lengthwise.
• n. A contemptible, inconsiderate or thoughtless person.
• n. (slang, professional wrestling) A headlining wrestler regarded as a "bad guy," whose ring persona embodies…
• n. (card games) The cards set aside for later use in a patience or solitaire game.
• n. Anything resembling a human heel in shape; a protuberance; a knob.
• n. (architecture) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or rafter.
• n. (specifically, US) The obtuse angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
• n. (architecture, workman slang) A cyma reversa.
• n. (carpentry) The short side of an angled cut.
• n. (golf) The part of a club head's face nearest the shaft.
• n. In a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the cylinder.
• v. To follow at somebody's heels; to chase closely.
• v. To add a heel to, or increase the size of the heel of (a shoe or boot).
• v. To kick with the heel.
• v. (transitive) To perform by the use of the heels, as in dancing, running, etc.
• v. (transitive) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting.
• v. (golf, transitive) To hit (the ball) with the heel of the club.
• v. (American football, transitive) To make (a fair catch) standing with one foot forward, the heel on the…
• v. (intransitive, especially of ships) To incline to one side; to tilt.
• n. The act of inclining or canting from a vertical position; a cant.

hero

• n. Somebody who possesses great bravery and carries out extraordinary deeds.
• n. A role model.
• n. The main protagonist in a work of fiction.
• n. (poker) The current player, especially an hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare:…
• n. (US) A large sandwich made from meats and cheeses; a hero sandwich.
• n. (food styling, chiefly attributive) The product chosen from several candidates to be photographed.

hoagie

• n. (US, central and eastern Pennsylvania) A sandwich made on a (usually soft) long Italian roll; a submarine…

hoagy

• n. Alternative form of hoagie.

iron

• n. (uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets,…
• n. (uncountable, physics, chemistry, metallurgy) A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and…
• n. (uncountable, countable, metallurgy) Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.
• n. (countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something…
• n. (usually plural, irons) Shackles.
• n. (slang) A handgun.
• n. (uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.
• n. (Cockney rhyming slang, shortened from iron hoof, rhyming with poof; countable, offensive) A male homosexual.
• n. (golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.
• n. (uncountable) Great strength or power.
• adj. (not comparable) Made of the metal iron.
• adj. (figuratively) Strong (as of will), inflexible.
• v. (transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.

lodge

• n. A building for recreational use such as a hunting lodge or a summer cabin.
• n. Porter's or caretaker's rooms at or near the main entrance to a building or an estate.
• n. A local chapter of some fraternities, such as freemasons.
• n. (US) A local chapter of a trade union.
• n. A rural hotel or resort, an inn.
• n. A beaver's shelter constructed on a pond or lake.
• n. A den or cave.
• n. The chamber of an abbot, prior, or head of a college.
• n. (mining) The space at the mouth of a level next to the shaft, widened to permit wagons to pass, or ore…
• n. A collection of objects lodged together.
• n. A family of Native Americans, or the persons who usually occupy an Indian lodge; as a unit of enumeration,…
• v. (intransitive) To be firmly fixed in a specified position.
• v. (intransitive) To stay in a boarding-house, paying rent to the resident landlord or landlady.
• v. (intransitive) To stay in any place or shelter.
• v. (transitive) To supply with a room or place to sleep in for a time.
• v. (transitive) To put money, jewellery, or other valuables for safety.
• v. (transitive) To place (a statement, etc.) with the proper authorities (such as courts, etc.).
• v. (intransitive) To become flattened, as grass or grain, when overgrown or beaten down by the wind.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

sandwich

• n. A dish or foodstuff where two or more slices of bread serve as the wrapper or container of some other…
• n. (by extension) Any combination formed by layering one type of material between two layers of some other…
• n. (Britain) A layer cake or sandwich cake.
• v. To place one item between two other, usually flat, items.
• v. (figuratively) To put or set something between two others, in time.
• adj. (US) Of a meal or serving size that is smaller than a dinner.

secure

• adj. Free from attack or danger; protected.
• adj. Free from the danger of theft; safe.
• adj. Free from the risk of eavesdropping, interception or discovery; secret.
• adj. Free from anxiety or doubt; unafraid.
• adj. Firm and not likely to fail; stable.
• adj. Free from the risk of financial loss; reliable.
• adj. Confident in opinion; not entertaining, or not having reason to entertain, doubt; certain; sure; commonly…
• adj. Overconfident; incautious; careless.
• v. To make safe; to relieve from apprehensions of, or exposure to, danger; to guard; to protect.
• v. To put beyond hazard of losing or of not receiving; to make certain; to assure; frequently with against…
• v. To make fast; to close or confine effectually; to render incapable of getting loose or escaping.
• v. To get possession of; to make oneself secure of; to acquire certainly.

squeeze

• v. (transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To fit into a tight place.
• v. (transitive) To remove something with difficulty, or apparent difficulty.
• v. (transitive) To put in a difficult position by presenting two or more choices.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass.
• v. (transitive, baseball) To attempt to score a runner from third by bunting.
• n. A close or tight fit.
• n. (figuratively) A difficult position.
• n. A hug or other affectionate grasp.
• n. (slang) A romantic partner.
• n. (slang) An illicit alcoholic drink made by squeezing Sterno through cheesecloth, etc., and mixing the…
• n. (baseball) The act of bunting in an attempt to score a runner from third.
• n. (card games) A play that forces an opponent to discard a card that gives up one or more tricks.
• n. (caving) A traversal of a narrow passage.
• n. (epigraphy) An impression of an inscription formed by pressing wet paper onto the surface and peeling…
• n. (mining) The gradual closing of workings by the weight of the overlying strata.
• n. (dated) A bribe or fee paid to a middleman, especially in China; the practice of requiring such a bribe…

stick

• n. An elongated piece of wood or similar material, typically put to some use, for example as a wand or baton.
• n. Any roughly cylindrical (or rectangular) unit of a substance.
• n. Material or objects attached to a stick or the like.
• n. A tool, control, or instrument shaped somewhat like a stick.
• n. (sports) A stick-like item.
• n. (sports, uncountable) Ability; specifically.
• n. (slang, dated) A person or group of people. (Perhaps, in some senses, because people are, broadly speaking,…
• n. Encouragement or punishment, or (resulting) vigour or other improved behavior.
• n. A measure.
• v. (carpentry) To cut a piece of wood to be the stick member of a cope-and-stick joint.
• n. (motor racing) The traction of tires on the road surface.
• n. (fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
• n. A thrust with a pointed instrument; a stab.
• v. (intransitive) To become or remain attached; to adhere.
• v. (intransitive) To jam; to stop moving.
• v. (transitive) To tolerate, to endure, to stick with.
• v. (intransitive) To persist.
• v. (intransitive) Of snow, to remain frozen on landing.
• v. (intransitive) To remain loyal; to remain firm.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To hesitate, to be reluctant; to refuse (in negative phrases).
• v. (dated, intransitive) To be puzzled (at something), have difficulty understanding.
• v. (dated, intransitive) To cause difficulties, scruples, or hesitation.
• v. (transitive) To attach with glue or as if by gluing.
• v. (transitive) To place, set down (quickly or carelessly).
• v. (transitive) To press (something with a sharp point) into something else.
• v. (transitive) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale.
• v. (transitive, archaic) To adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing.
• v. (transitive, gymnastics) To perform (a landing) perfectly.
• v. (botany, transitive) To propagate plants by cuttings.
• v. (transitive, printing, slang, dated) To compose; to set, or arrange, in a composing stick.
• v. (transitive, joinery) To run or plane (mouldings) in a machine, in contradistinction to working them by…
• v. (dated, transitive) To bring to a halt; to stymie; to puzzle.
• v. (transitive, slang, dated) To impose upon; to compel to pay; sometimes, to cheat.
• adj. (informal) Likely to stick; sticking, sticky.
• n. (Britain, uncountable) Criticism or ridicule.

sub

• n. A submarine.
• n. A submarine sandwich—a sandwich made on a long bun.
• n. (US, informal) A substitute.
• n. (Britain, informal) A substitute in a football (soccer) game: someone who comes on in place of another…
• n. (Britain, informal, often in plural) A subscription: a payment made for membership of a club, etc.
• n. (informal) A submissive in BDSM practices.
• n. (Internet, informal) A subtitle.
• n. (computing, programming) A subroutine (sometimes one that does not return a value, as distinguished from…
• n. (colloquial) A subeditor.
• n. (colloquial) A subcontractor.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subordinate.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A subaltern.
• v. (US, informal) To substitute for.
• v. (US, informal) To work as a substitute teacher, especially in primary and secondary education.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.
• v. (Britain, informal, soccer) Less commonly, and often as sub on, to bring on (a player) as a substitute.
• v. (Britain) To perform the work of a subeditor or copy editor; to subedit.
• v. (Britain, slang, transitive) To lend.
• v. (slang, intransitive) To subscribe.
• v. (BDSM) To take a submissive role.
• prep. Under.
• v. To coat with a layer of adhering material; to planarize by means of such a coating.
• v. (microscopy) To prepare (a slide) with an layer of transparent substance to support and/or fix the sample.

submarine

• adj. Undersea.
• adj. Hidden or undisclosed.
• adj. (baseball) Of a pitch, thrown with the hand lower than the elbow.
• n. A boat that can go underwater.
• n. A kind of sandwich made in a long loaf of bread.
• n. (baseball) Pitch delivered with an underhand motion.
• n. Any submarine plant or animal.
• n. (informal) A stowaway on a seagoing vessel.
• v. To operate or serve on a submarine.
• v. To torpedo; to destroy with a sudden sneak attack.

torpedo

• n. (military) A cylindrical explosive projectile that can travel underwater and is used as a weapon.
• n. A fish having wings that generate electric current, a kind of electric ray.
• n. (regional) A submarine sandwich.
• n. (archaic, military) A naval mine.
• n. (obsolete, military) An explosive device buried underground and set off remotely, to destroy fortifications,…
• n. (slang) A professional gunman or assassin.
• n. (rail transport, US) a small explosive device attached to the top of the rail to provide an audible warning…
• n. A kind of firework in the form of a small ball, or pellet, which explodes when thrown upon a hard object.
• n. An automobile with a torpedo body.
• v. To send a torpedo, usually from a submarine, that explodes below the waterline of the target ship.
• v. To sink a ship with one of more torpedoes.
• v. To undermine or destroy any endeavor with a stealthy, powerful attack.

triangle

• n. (geometry) A polygon with three sides and three angles.
• n. (US, Canada) A set square.
• n. (music) A percussion instrument made by forming a metal rod into a triangular shape which is open at one…
• n. (cue sports) A triangular piece of equipment used for gathering the balls into the formation required…
• n. A love triangle.
• n. (systemics) The structure of systems composed with three interrelated objects.
• n. A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.
• n. (historical) A frame formed of three poles stuck in the ground and united at the top, to which soldiers…

trigon

• n. (geometry, rare) A triangle.
• n. An ancient triangular harp of Oriental origin which had four strings and was often used for banquet music…
• n. (astrology) A division consisting of three signs.
• n. (astrology) A trine; an aspect of two planets distant 120 degrees from each other.
• n. An old ball game played by three people standing in a triangular formation.
• n. (zoology) The cutting region of the crown of an upper molar, usually the anterior part.

trilateral

• adj. Having three sides.

zep

• n. (US, dialectal) A certain type of submarine sandwich.