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unwedge

unwedge verb: to free from a wedged state or position.

Verb

unwedge (third-person singular simple present unwedges, present participle unwedging, simple past and past participle unwedged)

  1. (transitive) To free from a wedged state or position.
    • I needed a better angle to unwedge the shoe, and the only way to achieve that would involve stepping out of the shoe and placing my bare foot on the dirty sidewalk. Unable to stomach that option, I futilely wrenched harder.2020, Liza Malloy, The Brothers' Band

Forms of unwedge

third-person singular presentunwedges
present participleunwedging
past participleunwedged
pastunwedged

Origin of unwedge

From un- + wedge.

Questions about unwedge

What does unwedge mean?
Unwedge means to free from a wedged state or position.
What part of speech is unwedge?
Unwedge is a verb.
What is the past tense of unwedge?
The past tense of unwedge is unwedged.

Words near unwedge in the dictionary

  1. unweddable
  2. unwedded
  3. unweddedness
  4. unwedding
  5. unweddings
  6. unwedge
  7. unwedgeable
  8. unwedged
  9. unwedges
  10. unwedging
  11. unweds

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