Definition of Wad
1. Noun. A small mass of soft material. "He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter"
2. Verb. Compress into a wad. "Wad paper into the box"
Generic synonyms: Arrange, Set Up
Related verbs: Compact, Pack
Specialized synonyms: Puddle
Also: Bundle Off
Derivative terms: Compaction, Packing
3. Noun. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. "A wad of money"
Generic synonyms: Large Indefinite Amount, Large Indefinite Quantity
Specialized synonyms: Deluge, Flood, Inundation, Torrent, Haymow
Derivative terms: Heap, Heap, Pile, Plenteous
4. Verb. Crowd or pack to capacity. "They wad the books into the box"; "The theater was jampacked"
Generic synonyms: Stuff
Related verbs: Cram
Derivative terms: Jam
5. Noun. A wad of something chewable as tobacco.
Generic synonyms: Bit, Bite, Morsel
Derivative terms: Chaw, Chew
Definition of Wad
1. n. Woad.
2. n. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
3. v. t. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
4. n. An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
5. n. Woad.
6. n. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
7. v. t. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
8. n. An earthy oxide of manganese, or mixture of different oxides and water, with some oxide of iron, and often silica, alumina, lime, or baryta; black ocher. There are several varieties.
Definition of Wad
1. to form into a wad (a small mass of soft material) [v WADDED, WADDING, WADS]
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