All wadding synonyms
wadΒ·ding
W w noun wadding
- wainscoting β wood, especially oak and usually in the form of paneling, for lining interior walls.
- wall β any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- styrofoam β Styrofoam is a very light, plastic substance, used especially to make containers.
- peanuts β the pod or the enclosed edible seed of the plant, Arachis hypogaea, of the legume family: the pod is forced underground in growing, where it ripens.
verb wadding
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- buckle β A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- scrunch β to crunch, crush, or crumple.
- collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- crease β Creases are lines that are made in cloth or paper when it is crushed or folded.
- crimp β If you crimp something such as a piece of fabric or pastry, you make small folds in it.
- crinkle β If something crinkles or if you crinkle it, it becomes slightly creased or folded.
- fall β to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
- fold β to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- pucker β a wrinkle; an irregular fold.
- ruck β a fold or wrinkle; crease.
- rumple β to crumple or crush into wrinkles: to rumple a sheet of paper.
- screw β a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- shrivel β shrink, dry up
- wrinkle β an ingenious trick or device; a clever innovation: a new advertising wrinkle.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- crimple β to crumple, wrinkle, or curl
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- go to pieces β a separate or limited portion or quantity of something: a piece of land; a piece of chocolate.
- rimple β a wrinkle.
- bear β If you bear something somewhere, you carry it there or take it there.
- bind β If something binds people together, it makes them feel as if they are all part of the same group or have something in common.
- cease β If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
- clog β When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
- congest β to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
- cram β If you cram things or people into a container or place, you put them into it, although there is hardly enough room for them.
- crowd β A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- elbow β The joint between the forearm and the upper arm.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- halt β to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
- jostle β to bump, push, shove, brush against, or elbow roughly or rudely.
- obstruct β to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- press β to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- push β to press upon or against (a thing) with force in order to move it away.
- ram β random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
- squash β to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
- squish β to squeeze or squash.
- stall β a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- tamp β to force in or down by repeated, rather light, strokes: He tamped the tobacco in his pipe.
- throng β a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- wedge β a piece of hard material with two principal faces meeting in a sharply acute angle, for raising, holding, or splitting objects by applying a pounding or driving force, as from a hammer. Compare machine (def 3b).
- jam-pack β to fill or pack as tightly or fully as possible: We jam-packed the basket with all kinds of fruit.
- cover β If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- bush β A bush is a large plant which is smaller than a tree and has a lot of branches.