Thesaurus: wad

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1. n. Woad.
2. n. A little mass, tuft, or bundle, as of hay or tow.
3. n. 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.
4. n. A soft mass, especially of some loose, fibrous substance, used for various purposes, as for stopping an aperture, padding a garment, etc.
5. v. t. To form into a mass, or wad, or into wadding; as, to wad tow or cotton.
6. v. t. 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.
7. n. Alt. of Wadd
8. n. a small mass of soft material
9. n. (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
10. n. a wad of something chewable as tobacco
11. v. compress into a wad
12. v. crowd or pack to capacity