wad
verb/wɒd/
/wɑːd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they wad | /wɒd/ /wɑːd/ |
| he / she / it wads | /wɒdz/ /wɑːdz/ |
| past simple wadded | /ˈwɒdɪd/ /ˈwɑːdɪd/ |
| past participle wadded | /ˈwɒdɪd/ /ˈwɑːdɪd/ |
| -ing form wadding | /ˈwɒdɪŋ/ /ˈwɑːdɪŋ/ |
- wad something (up) (especially North American English) to fold or press something into a tight wad
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- wad something to fill something with soft material to make it warmer or to protect it
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting wadding): perhaps related to Dutch watten, French ouate ‘padding, cotton wool’.
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