Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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wedge | Yes | No | Yes | No |
force | Yes | No | Yes | No |
wedge (noun) | force (noun) |
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something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base |
a block of wood used to prevent the sliding or rolling of a heavy object | an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) |
a heel that is an extension of the sole of the shoe | physical energy or intensity |
(golf) an iron with considerable loft and a broad sole | a powerful effect or influence |
a diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation | (of a law) having legal validity |
a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States | group of people willing to obey orders |
any shape that is triangular in cross section | a unit that is part of some military service |
a group of people having the power of effective action | |
one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority | |
(physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity |
wedge (verb) | force (verb) |
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squeeze like a wedge into a tight space | impose urgently, importunately, or inexorably |
put, fix, force, or implant | squeeze like a wedge into a tight space |
force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically | |
take by force | |
do forcibly; exert force | |
urge or force (a person) to an action; constrain or motivate | |
move with force | |
to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means |