wad 音标拼音: [w'ɑd]
n . 圆团,小块,一卷,填料,大量
vt . 揉成圆团,小块,填塞
圆团,小块,一卷,填料,大量揉成圆团,小块,填塞
wad n 1 :
a small mass of soft material ; "
he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter "
2 : (
often followed by `
of ')
a large number or amount or extent ;
"
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 " [
synonym :
{
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 }, {
wad }]
3 :
a wad of something chewable as tobacco [
synonym : {
chew }, {
chaw },
{
cud }, {
quid }, {
plug }, {
wad }]
v 1 :
compress into a wad ; "
wad paper into the box " [
synonym : {
pack },
{
bundle }, {
wad }, {
compact }]
2 :
crowd or pack to capacity ; "
the theater was jampacked " [
synonym :
{
jam }, {
jampack }, {
ram }, {
chock up }, {
cram }, {
wad }]
Wad \
Wad \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Waded };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Wadding }.]
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1 .
To form into a mass ,
or wad ,
or into wadding ;
as ,
to wad tow or cotton .
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2 .
To insert or crowd a wad into ;
as ,
to wad a gun ;
also ,
to stuff or line with some soft substance ,
or wadding ,
like cotton ;
as ,
to wad a cloak .
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Wad
Wad \
Wad \,
Wadd \
Wadd \,
n . (
Min .)
(
a )
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 .
(
b )
Plumbago ,
or black lead .
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Wad \
Wad \,
n . [
See {
Woad }.]
Woad . [
Obs .]
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Wad \
Wad \,
n . [
Probably of Scand .
origin ;
cf .
Sw .
vadd wadding ,
Dan vat ,
D . &
G .
watte .
Cf . {
Wadmol }.]
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1 .
A little mass ,
tuft ,
or bundle ,
as of hay or tow .
--
Holland .
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2 .
Specifically :
A little mass of some soft or flexible material ,
such as hay ,
straw ,
tow ,
paper ,
or old rope yarn ,
used for retaining a charge of powder in a gun ,
or for keeping the powder and shot close ;
also ,
to diminish or avoid the effects of windage .
Also ,
by extension ,
a dusk of felt ,
pasteboard ,
etc .,
serving a similar purpose .
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3 .
A soft mass ,
especially of some loose ,
fibrous substance ,
used for various purposes ,
as for stopping an aperture ,
padding a garment ,
etc .
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{
Wed hook },
a rod with a screw or hook at the end ,
used for removing the wad from a gun .
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Woad \
Woad \,
n . [
OE .
wod ,
AS .
w [=
a ]
d ;
akin to D .
weede ,
G .
waid ,
OHG .
weit ,
Dan .
vaid ,
veid ,
Sw .
veide ,
L .
vitrum .] [
Written also {
wad },
and {
wade }.]
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1 . (
Bot .)
An herbaceous cruciferous plant ({
Isatis tinctoria })
of the family {
Cruciferae } (
syn .
{
Brassicaceae }).
It was formerly cultivated for the blue coloring matter derived from its leaves .
See {
isatin }.
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2 .
A blue dyestuff ,
or coloring matter ,
consisting of the powdered and fermented leaves of the {
Isatis tinctoria }.
It is now superseded by indigo ,
but is somewhat used with indigo as a ferment in dyeing .
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Their bodies . . .
painted with woad in sundry figures . --
Milton .
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{
Wild woad } (
Bot .),
the weld ({
Reseda luteola }).
See {
Weld }.
{
Woad mill },
a mill grinding and preparing woad .
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123 Moby Thesaurus words for "
wad ":
accumulation ,
acervation ,
agglomerate ,
agglomeration ,
aggregate ,
aggregation ,
amassment ,
bankroll ,
batch ,
block ,
bomb ,
boodle ,
brim ,
bulk ,
bundle ,
ceil ,
charge ,
chock ,
chunk ,
clamp ,
clod ,
clump ,
compress ,
congeries ,
congest ,
conglobation ,
conglomerate ,
conglomeration ,
considerable ,
cram ,
crowd ,
crush ,
cumulation ,
deal ,
ensphere ,
face ,
feather ,
fill ,
fill to overflowing ,
fill up ,
freight ,
fur ,
gathering ,
glomeration ,
gob ,
gobs ,
good deal ,
good sum ,
great deal ,
heap ,
heaps ,
heaps of gold ,
hunch ,
hunk ,
inlay ,
interline ,
jam ,
jam -
pack ,
jillion ,
lade ,
large sum ,
lashings ,
line ,
load ,
loads ,
loaf ,
lot ,
lots ,
lump ,
mass ,
mess ,
millions ,
mint ,
mint of money ,
nip ,
nugget ,
oodles ,
overfill ,
pack ,
packet ,
pad ,
pat ,
peck ,
pile ,
piles ,
pinch ,
pot ,
potful ,
power of money ,
press ,
pretty penny ,
quantity ,
quite a little ,
raft ,
rafts ,
ram in ,
roll ,
satiate ,
saturate ,
scads ,
shoestring ,
sight ,
slew ,
slews ,
snowball ,
spate ,
squeeze ,
stack ,
stacks ,
stockpile ,
stuff ,
supercharge ,
surfeit ,
thousands ,
tidy sum ,
tighten ,
top off ,
tweak ,
wad up ,
wads ,
wainscot ,
weight ,
whole slew
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WAD Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of WAD is a small mass, bundle, or tuft How to use wad in a sentence
WAD | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary WAD meaning: 1 a number of usually flat and or small objects pressed tightly together: 2 to fold or press… Learn more
WAD Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Wad definition: a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of tobacco See examples of WAD used in a sentence
WAD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary wad in British English (wɒd ) noun a soft dark earthy amorphous material consisting of decomposed manganese minerals: occurs in damp marshy areas
wad noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes | Oxford . . . Definition of wad noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary a thick pile of pieces of paper, paper money, etc folded or rolled together He pulled a thick wad of £10 notes out of his pocket (British English, slang) They had a wad wads of money (= a large amount)
WAD Synonyms: 255 Similar and Opposite Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for WAD: loads, ton, plenty, chunk, dozen, bunch, pile, slew; Antonyms of WAD: handful, bit, mouthful, strain, pinch, ounce, taste, peanuts
Wad Definition Meaning | YourDictionary Wad definition: A small mass of soft material, often folded or rolled, used for padding, stuffing, or packing
Wad - definition of wad by The Free Dictionary 1 To compress into a wad: wad a candy wrapper 2 To pad, pack, line, or plug with wadding: wad a keyhole
wad - WordReference. com Dictionary of English a small mass, lump, or ball of anything: a wad of paper; a wad of tobacco a small mass of cotton, wool, or other fibrous or soft material, used for stuffing, padding, packing, etc
WAD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary WAD definition: 1 a number of usually flat and or small objects pressed tightly together: 2 to fold or press… Learn more