āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to wad
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻŖā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to compress or form into a lump or thick mass, often by tightly squeezing or rolling
Transitive: to wad a flexible object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
To create a makeshift cushion, he wadded some newspapers and placed them on the chair.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§, āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻā§āĻļāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to fill something with a material to provide cushioning or insulation
Transitive: to wad sth with a soft material
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He wadded the toy with polyester fiberfill to make it soft and huggable.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻ¨āĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
01
āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¤āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻŋāĻŖā§āĻĄ
a wad of something chewable as tobacco
02
āĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž, āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
03
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻĄāĻžāĻ
a small mass of soft material
04
āĻā§āĻā§āĻ, āĻ°ā§āĻ˛
a thick bundle or roll of money, usually cash carried together
Slang
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The gambler dropped a whole wad on the table.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻāĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
