English noun: wad | |||
1. | wad (substance) a small mass of soft material | ||
Samples | He used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | material, stuff | ||
2. | wad (quantity) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | ||
Samples | A batch of letters. A deal of trouble. A lot of money. He made a mint on the stock market. See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos. It must have cost plenty. A slew of journalists. A wad of money. | ||
Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum | ||
Broader (hypernym) | large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deluge, flood, haymow, inundation, torrent | ||
3. | wad (food) a wad of something chewable as tobacco | ||
Synonyms | chaw, chew, cud, plug, quid | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bit, bite, morsel | ||
English verb: wad | |||
1. | wad (contact) compress into a wad | ||
Samples | Wad paper into the box. | ||
Synonyms | bundle, compact, pack | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | arrange, set up | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | puddle | ||
Verb group | compact, pack | ||
2. | wad (contact) crowd or pack to capacity | ||
Samples | The theater was jampacked. | ||
Synonyms | chock up, cram, jam, jampack, ram | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s something with something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | stuff | ||
Verb group | cram | ||