unwedge

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verb

To free from a wedged state or position.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person unwedges · participle present unwedging · participle past unwedged · past unwedged

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From un- + wedge.

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Cite this entry
APA

unwedge. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwedge

MLA

“unwedge.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwedge. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unwedge,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unwedge.

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