kedge
UK/kɛd͡ʒ/
kedge noun: a small anchor used for warping a vessel.
Noun
kedge (plural kedges)
- A small anchor used for warping a vessel.
- ...and throw them into the boat, which, as there are no wharves, we usually kept anchored by a small kedge, or keelek, just outside of the surf.1840, Richard Henry Dana Jr., Two Years Before the Mast
- The chaps who had gone off in the cutter had been equally spry with their job, bending on a stout hemp hawser through the ring of the kedge anchor, which they dropped some half a cable's length from the brig, bringing back the other end aboard, where it was put round the capstan on the forecastle.1896, J.C. Hutcheson, Young Tom Bowling
- A glutton.
Verb
kedge (third-person singular simple present kedges, present participle kedging, simple past and past participle kedged)
- To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
- To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.
- […] there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north-easterly direction which the ship could not possibly negotiate under sail unless a change of wind should occur — of which there seemed to be absolutely no prospect. The only alternative, therefore, would be to kedge those twelve...1911, Harry Collingwood, Overdue
- By noon the men had loaded the cargo & Prophetess was kedging out of the bay against unfavourable winds.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN
kedge meaning in Urdu
kedge in Urdu
- چھوٹا لنگر, حرکت دینا, رخ بدلنا
Synonyms of kedge
Forms of kedge
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | kedges |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | kedges |
| present participle | kedging |
| past participle | kedged |
| past | kedged |
Origin of kedge
Perhaps an alteration of cadge.
Words that rhyme with kedge
Questions about kedge
- What does kedge mean?
- Kedge means a small anchor used for warping a vessel.
- What is kedge in Urdu?
- Kedge in Urdu is چھوٹا لنگر, حرکت دینا, رخ بدلنا. See Kedge meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is kedge?
- Kedge can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce kedge?
- Kedge is pronounced /kɛd͡ʒ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of kedge?
- The plural of kedge is kedges.
Words near kedge in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: kedge (page history and authors); kedge (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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