wedges

verb

present tense third-person singular of wedge
as in stuffs
to fit (people or things) into a tight space managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf

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Recent Examples of wedges His constant companion since Claudine’s death is a small white Havanese dog named Ginger who wedges in next to him on his customary chair in his living room. — Amy Driscoll, Miami Herald, 3 May 2026 Dad opens the door, wedges it with his right foot, slips tokens into the slot. — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025 With the confidence of someone who knows that he is well loved, the 145-pound dog wedges himself right between his two owners, sprawling out and enjoying a cuddle. — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wedges
  1. stuffs
  2. squeezes
  3. sandwiches
  4. loads
  5. crams
  6. jams
Verb
  • Throughout, visiting tourist Madeleine (Kristen Stewart) stuffs her face with every kind of meat, vegetable and carb while her father Phil (Woody Harrelson) is the one whose stomach miraculously swells.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026
  • At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots, and lets everything grow.
    — Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Definition of stuffs
Verb
  • That not only squeezes consumers' budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those which are heavily dependent on fuel.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026
  • That not only squeezes consumers’ budgets, but also hits businesses hard, especially those that are heavily dependent on fuel.
    — Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of squeezes
Verb
  • Thank the aluminum alloy construction, which sandwiches a beech and poplar TrueBlend core and provides tons of stability at speed.
    — Benjamin Tepler, Outside, 23 Jan. 2026
  • This team sandwiches seaweed sheets and rice paste into five micro-thin layers; the next steps involve dehydrating, resting, frying and shaping the end result into small cylinders filled with a tiny dice of tuna, or maybe cod milt in the winter.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
Definition of sandwiches
Verb
  • The servicer knows where to attach, what loads the hook can bear and what its cameras can use as landmarks.
    — Wanjiku Chebet Kanjumba, The Conversation, 22 July 2026
  • The robot also loads a plate into a dishwasher and adjusts a hospital-style bed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 21 July 2026
Definition of loads
Verb
  • The MatePad Air crams six speakers into its thin body and, thanks to its big battery, can play videos for up to 16 hours.
    — Ben Sin, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Director Allan Deberton crams much story and characterization in those opening frames.
    — Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 24 Feb. 2026
Definition of crams
Verb
  • Keanu Reeves jams out with his band, Dogstar, at their concert at Carlswerk Victoria in Cologne, Germany on July 2.
    — Brendan Le Updated, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
  • That crud jams up the works of your coffee maker, slows brewing down, and impacts the taste of your morning brew.
    — Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 16 Feb. 2026
Definition of jams

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