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WADDED

Date "WADDED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references)


Specialty Definition: WADDED

DomainDefinition

Industry

An extra set of filling threads, which lie dormant without interlacing, between the face and double-cloth construction. The yarn is heavy and bulky to add weight and bulk to the fabric. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: WADDED

"WADDED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past participle) -- approximately 42.86% of the time. "WADDED" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past participle)42.86%3202,518
Lexical Verb (past tense)28.57%2245,945
Adjective (general or positive)28.57%2245,945
                    Total100.00%7N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: WADDED

Expression using "WADDED": wadded cloth. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WADDED

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

cape cloak costume garment mantel outer pattern period screen stage stole wadded

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: WADDED

Language Translations for "WADDED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

ватиран (quilted), запушен (closed), подплатен с памук. (various references)

   

Danish

  

polstringsvat (wadded cloth, wadding), pladevat (wadded cloth, wadding). (various references)

   

French

  

ouatine (wadded cloth, wadding), ouate de rembourrage (wadded cloth, wadding). (various references)

   

German

  

wattierte (quilted). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βάττα (padding). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

vattázott. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ovatta per imbottiture (wadded cloth, wadding). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

addedway

   

Portuguese

  

pasta para enchumaços (wadded cloth, wadding). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

vãtuit. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

ватный (cotton, quilted). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

u snopu. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

guata de relleno (wadded cloth, wadding). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: WADDED

Misspellings

"WADDED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: waddel, wadder, wadeds, weddel, wedden, weded, widdel, wided. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "WADDED"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "WADDED" (pronounced wÄ"dud)
4-Ä" d u dnodded, plodded, prodded.
3-d u dabided, abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, chided, clouded, coded, coincided, collided, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confided, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, decided, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, derided, descended, disbanded, discarded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, divided, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, glided, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, guided, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, lopsided, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, misguided, molded, muddleheaded, needed, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, presided, pretended, prided, proceeded, propounded, provided, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, resided, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, sided, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, subdivided, subsided, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, undecided, underfunded, underhanded, undivided, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: WADDED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-d-e-w"

-1 letter: added, dawed, waded.

-2 letters: awed, dead, wade.

-3 letters: add, awe, dad, daw, dew, wad, wae, wed.

-4 letters: ad, ae, aw, de, ed, we.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-d-d-e-w"
 

+1 letter: dawdled, waddied, waddled.

 

+2 letters: deadwood, swaddled, twaddled.

 

+3 letters: deadwoods.

 

+4 letters: downgraded, downloaded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage Frequency
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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