(politics) A strategy or pattern of behavior by a politician, political party, or advocacy group which is intended to have a divisive effect on one's political opponents or on the electorate, especially by emphasizing an issue which polarizes opinion along racial, regional, or other demographic lines.

Describing a method of rolling across a wedge that shapes the final product

(politics, social relations) A discussion point or a difference in points of view which is particularly likely to be controversial and a source of discord between discussants or other involved parties; a difference in viewpoints which causes disharmony within a political or social group.

Shaped like a wedge

Any of multiple bivalves, particularly a bean clam, but sometimes also a tellin or close relative.

(transitive) To fill or block up with wedges. / (intransitive, UK, prison slang) To barricade oneself in one's cell.

A wedge-shaped intrusion of salt water underneath fresh water, typically in a nontidal estuary

(UK, Cambridge University slang) Synonym of wedge: the person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos.

(economics) difference between the price that includes all taxes and the untaxed price of a good, particularly the difference between the employer's labour cost and the employee's take-home pay

plural of wedge shell