to unwedge
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7.4
- verb
- /ʌnˈwɛdʒ/
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desbloquear
- Well, for hours, the experts tried to find some way to unwedge the vehicle, but to no avail.
Examples
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This could be something. Sam replaced the file he was looking at and unwedged the roll, a set of drawings rolled into a cylinder three feet long and bound with a rubber band.
Fiction book (1992) -
The mechanic needed to unwedge the stuck tire to fix the flat.
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After hours of attempting to move the heavy rock, we finally managed to unwedge it from the mud.
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He carefully unwedged the drawer, which had been stuck for weeks.
Synonyms
82
5.3
To stop being part of or connected to something
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6.1
To force something or someone out of a place where they are stuck
5
3.4
To open something by undoing a button or zipper
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3.9
To come away from something it was stuck to
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7.0
To make something less tight or set something free
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4.2
To free something that is stuck so it can move or work again
To remove a block so water or air can flow again
Take something off a wall or surface
To make something less tight or free it from something holding it
How Released
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word unwedge is made of un- meaning 'do the opposite of' and wedge, a piece of wood or metal that holds something tight or stops it moving. So to unwedge something is to remove that wedge or blockage and free what was stuck.