the world > movement > absence of movement > [verb (intransitive)] > cease to move or become motionless > be arrested or intercepted in progress > by blocking or wedging (3)
intransitive. To become fixed or jammed tight by (or as by) the operation of a wedge.
intransitive. Of a machine, gun, etc.: To become unworkable through the wedging, sticking, or displacement of some movable part.
transitive. To block or wedge (a wheel, gate, etc.) so as to prevent it from moving or slipping. Also with up. Now chiefly U.S.