<p><strong>Noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer</li><li>a thin, flat sheet of slate, wax-coated wood, or other rigid material formerly used for writing or marking on, especially one of a pair or set tablets hinged or otherwise fastened together</li><li>something that serves to part, split, divide, etc.: The quarrel drove a wedge into the party organization</li><li>a tactical formation generally in the form of a V with the point toward the enemy</li><li>a club with an iron head the face of which is nearly horizontal, for lofting the ball, especially out of sand traps and high grass</li><li>an elongated area of relatively high pressure (formerly)</li><li>a small, very thin, portable computer, usually battery-powered, having a touchscreen as the primary interface and input device, and often lacking a cover</li></ul><p><strong>Verb:</strong></p><ul><li>to separate or split with or as if with a wedge (often followed by open, apart, etc.)</li><li>to insert or fix with a wedge</li><li>to pack or fix tightly: to wedge clothes into a suitcase</li><li>to force a way like a wedge (usually followed by in, into, through, etc.)</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>made of, constructed with, or resembling wedges</li></ul>