"kedge" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɛd͡ʒ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-kedge.ogg [US] Forms: kedges [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdʒ Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of cadge. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cadge}} cadge Head templates: {{en-noun}} kedge (plural kedges)
  1. (nautical) A small anchor used for warping a vessel. Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms: kedge anchor, keelek, kedger Translations (small anchor): спомагателна котва (spomagatelna kotva) (Bulgarian), varppiankkuri (Finnish), ancre à jet (French), ισχάδα (ischáda) [feminine] (Greek), πινέλι (pinéli) [neuter] (Greek), עגן נגידה [masculine] (Hebrew), appennello [masculine] (Italian), varpankare [neuter] (Swedish), верп (verp) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-kedge-en-noun-oN6Dfok- Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'small anchor': 100 0
  2. (Yorkshire) A glutton. Tags: Yorkshire Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-kedge-en-noun-c2D~zzkB Disambiguation of People: 0 84 16 0 Categories (other): Yorkshire English

Verb

IPA: /kɛd͡ʒ/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-kedge.ogg [US] Forms: kedges [present, singular, third-person], kedging [participle, present], kedged [participle, past], kedged [past]
Rhymes: -ɛdʒ Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of cadge. Etymology templates: {{m|en|cadge}} cadge Head templates: {{en-verb}} kedge (third-person singular simple present kedges, present participle kedging, simple past and past participle kedged)
  1. (transitive) To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it. Tags: transitive Translations (transitive): varpata (Finnish), touer (French), appennellare (Italian)
    Sense id: en-kedge-en-verb-4JVQn~rk Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 5 54 21 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 21 7 49 23 Disambiguation of 'transitive': 92 8
  2. (intransitive, of a vessel) To move with the help of a kedge, as described above. Tags: intransitive Translations (intransitive): varpata (Finnish), se touer (French)
    Sense id: en-kedge-en-verb-fI47h0Fj Disambiguation of 'intransitive': 19 81

Inflected forms

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