wedged

3 definitions • 3 examples

past simple and past participle of

to make something stay in a particular position by using a wedge:

[ + adj ] Find something to wedge the window open/closed with.

to put something into a very small or narrow space, so that it cannot move easily:

Her shoe came off and got wedged between the bars.

be wedged between I was standing waiting for a bus, wedged between (= fixed between and unable to move away from) two old ladies and their bags of shopping.