WAD (wadded, wadding)

Pronunciation (US):

• WAD (noun)
  The noun WAD has 3 senses:

1. a small mass of soft material
2. (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
3. a wad of something chewable as tobacco

  Familiarity information: WAD used as a noun is uncommon.

• WAD (verb)
  The verb WAD has 2 senses:

1. compress into a wad
2. crowd or pack to capacity

  Familiarity information: WAD used as a verb is rare.

• WAD (noun)

Meaning:

A small mass of soft material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Context example:

he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter

Hypernyms ("wad" is a kind of...):

material; stuff (the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object)

Meaning:

(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

mint; muckle; peck; spate; quite a little; slew; tidy sum; whole lot; whole slew; mickle; great deal; lot; good deal; hatful; stack; batch; raft; wad; plenty; pile; heap; mass; flock; deal; pot; mess; sight

Context examples:

a batch of letters / a deal of trouble / a lot of money / he made a mint on the stock market / it must have cost plenty

Hypernyms ("wad" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wad"):

deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)

haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)

Meaning:

A wad of something chewable as tobacco

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Synonyms:

chaw; chew; cud; plug; wad; quid

Hypernyms ("wad" is a kind of...):

bit; bite; morsel (a small amount of solid food; a mouthful)

• WAD (verb)

Meaning:

Compress into a wad

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

wad; compact; pack; bundle

Context example:

wad paper into the box

Hypernyms (to "wad" is one way to...):

arrange; set up (put into a proper or systematic order)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "wad"):

puddle (work a wet mixture, such as concrete or mud)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Meaning:

Crowd or pack to capacity

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

chock up; cram; jampack; wad; ram; jam

Context example:

the theater was jampacked

Hypernyms (to "wad" is one way to...):

stuff (fill completely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something