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🪨 A narrow shelf 📦 To place on shelf
to ledge

to ledge

9.2
To put something on a narrow flat surface that sticks out from a wall or cliff
  • verb
  • /lɛdʒ/
  • Specialized
: colocar en un saliente
  • The climber carefully ledged the boulder, ensuring it was secure before continuing up the mountain.

Examples

  • They ledged the pots along the stone wall to keep them out of reach.

  • Birds often ledge their nests high up on rocky cliffs for safety.

  • The geologist explained how minerals are ledged in layers over millions of years.

  • They ledged the stones along the cliff edge.

  • Can you ledge this painting on the wall?

  • As they worked on the building, they ledged the heavy stone blocks along the edge of the foundation.

  • She ledged the freshly cut branches on the cliff side to create a natural habitat for wildlife.

How Careful

to secure
347 3.3
to ledge
  • Specialized
9.2
to put
∞ 1.0
to drop
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

ledge infinitive
ledged past
ledged past participle
ledging present participle
ledges third person singular

Etymology

Ledge comes from the noun ledge, the idea of a 'small edge' or shelf. So to ledge something is to place it on that shelf or for rock and minerals to form in flat layers on such an edge.