English edit

Etymology edit

un- +‎ wad

Verb edit

unwad (third-person singular simple present unwads, present participle unwadding, simple past and past participle unwadded)

  1. (transitive) To unfold (something wadded).
    • 1999, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Kimberly Kirberger, Chicken soup for the college soul, page 37:
      [] and he's never in his life managed to unwad a pair of socks before putting them in the hamper.
    • 2009, Terri Blackstock, Double Minds:
      Glancing back at the bathroom, she picked up and unwadded the paper. It was nothing. Just some download instructions from a computer help screen.