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]
To force or drive as a wedge is driven. [1913
Webster] Among the crowd in the abbey where a finger Could not be
wedged in more. --Shak. [1913 Webster] He 's just the sort of man
to wedge himself into a snug berth. --Mrs. J. H. Ewing. [1913
Webster]
To force by crowding and pushing as a wedge does;
as, to wedge one's way. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
To press closely; to fix, or make fast, in the
manner of a wedge that is driven into something. [1913 Webster]
Wedged in the rocky shoals, and sticking fast. --Dryden. [1913
Webster]
To fasten with a wedge, or with wedges; as, to
wedge a scythe on the snath; to wedge a rail or a piece of timber
in its place. [1913 Webster]
(Pottery) To cut, as clay, into wedgelike masses,
and work by dashing together, in order to expel air bubbles, etc.
--Tomlinson. [1913 Webster]
Word Net
wedged adj : wedged or packed in together; "an impacted tooth" [syn: impacted]Moby Thesaurus
aground, anchored, bonded, caught, cemented, chained, close, fast, fastened, firm, fixed, glued, grounded, held, high and dry, impacted, inextricable, jammed, moored, packed, secure, set, stranded, stuck, stuck fast, taped, tethered, tied, tight, transfixedEnglish
Verb
wedged- past of wedge
- In a web-server context, to be stuck, incapable of proceeding without help. This is different from having crashed, in that, if the system has crashed, it has become totally non-functioning and will not respond to any probes; it will seem to be offline, disconnected, or powered down. If a server is wedged, it will respond to minor probes or requests, but will not be able to completely service the request to completion.