pad 1 (p d)n. 1. A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury. 2. A flexible saddle without a frame. 3. An ink-soaked cushion used to ink a rubber stamp. 4. A number of sheets of paper of the same size stacked one on top of the other and glued together at one end; a tablet. 5. a. The broad floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as the water lily. b. The flattened fleshy stem of a cactus such as certain varieties of prickly pear. Also called paddle1. 6. a. The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals. b. The foot of such an animal. 7. The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe. 8. a. A launch pad. b. A helipad. 9. A keypad. 10. Slang One's apartment or room. tr.v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads Idiom: 1. To line or stuff with soft material. 2. To lengthen or increase, especially with extraneous or false information: pad a lecture with jokes; pad an expense account. on the pad Slang Taking bribes. [Origin unknown.] pad  less adj. |
| pad 2 (pd) v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads v.intr. 1. To go about on foot. 2. To move or walk about almost inaudibly. v.tr. To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town. n. 1. A muffled sound resembling that of soft footsteps. 2. A horse with a plodding gait. [Perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, tread a path, from pad, pat, path; see pent- in Indo-European roots.] pad der n. |
pad 1
Noun
1. a thick piece of soft material used for comfort, shape, protection, or absorption
2. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
3. the fleshy cushioned underpart of an animal's paw
4. a level area or flat-topped structure, from which rockets are launched or helicopters take off
5. the floating leaf of the water lily
6. Slang a person's residence
Verb
[padding, padded]
1. to fill (something) out with soft material for comfort, shape, or protection
2. pad out to lengthen (a speech or piece of writing) with unnecessary words or pieces of information [origin unknown]
pad 2
Verb
[padding, padded]
1. to walk with a soft or muffled step
2. to travel (a route) on foot: men padding the streets in cheap sneakers [Middle Dutch pad path]
Pad a bunch or package; a mass of anything soft, e.g., a cushion.
Examples: pad of forms, 1876; of mackerel (measure of sixty mackerel); of straw, 1554; of wool; of writing paper, 1865; of yarn.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  pad - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edgemessage pad, writing pad - a pad of paper on which messages can be written paper - a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses notepad - a pad of paper for keeping notes |
| 2. |  pad - the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant - a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth lily pad - floating leaves of a water lily | |
| 3. |  pad - a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stampblock - a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides); "the pyramids were built with large stone blocks" | |
| 4. | pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort cleaning pad - a pad used as a cleaning implement mat - a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it mattress - a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed mattress pad - a protective pad over a mattress to protect it cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort panel - a soft pad placed under a saddle plastron - a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest potholder - an insulated pad for holding hot pots powderpuff, puff - a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin rat - a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure Kotex, sanitary napkin, sanitary towel - a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow skin patch, transdermal patch - a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream | |
| 5. |  pad - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launchedplatform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" launching site - a place for launching pads | |
| 6. |  pad - temporary living quarters living quarters, quarters - housing available for people to live in; "he found quarters for his family"; "I visited his bachelor quarters" | |
| 7. |  pad - the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's fingerpaw - a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure" finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" | |
| Verb | 1. | pad - add details to glorify - cause to seem more splendid; "You are glorifying a rather mediocre building" exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, amplify, magnify, overdraw - to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery" |
| 2. |  pad - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet" | |
| 3. | pad - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" stuff - cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" rat - give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat | |
| 4. | pad - add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" |
pad 1
noun 4. (Slang) home, flat, apartment, place, room, quarters, hang-out (informal) bachelor apartment Canad.
pad something out lengthen, stretch, elaborate, inflate, fill out, amplify, augment, spin out, flesh out, eke out, protract
pad 2
Translations
pad [pæd] n [of paper] → bloc m (= cushion); cojinete m (= launching pad); plataforma (de lanzamiento);
(col) (flat) → casa
vt → rellenar
pad [pæd] n → bloc(-notes m) m;
(to prevent friction) → tampon m;
(inf) (= flat); piaule f
vt → rembourrer
pad [pæd] n (paper) → Block m;
(to prevent damage) → Polster nt;
(inf) (home) → Bude f
vt [+ upholstery etc] → polstern
vi to pad about/in → herum-/hereintrotten
n pad [pӕd]
1 a soft, cushion-like object made of or filled with a soft material, used to prevent damage by knocking, rubbing etc She knelt on a pad to clean the floor. kussinkie وِسادَه صغيرَه подложка polštářek pude das Polster μαξιλαράκι almohadilla polster, säärekaitse بالشتک toppaus, pehmuste coussinet רְפִידָה कागज की गड्डी jastuk,štitnik párna bantalan púði cuscinetto 当て物 덧대는 것, 메워[] 넣는 것 pamušas polsteris pad kussen pute, underlag podkładka almofada pernuţă подушечка;прокладка vankúšik blazina podmetač dyna, kudde, skydd เบาะ tampon, ufak yastık 襯墊 м'яка прокладка; подушечка پيڈ، گدي miếng đệm 衬垫
2 sheets of paper fixed together a writing-pad. blok إضْمامة ورق бележник blok blok; -blok der Block σημειωματάριο, μπλοκ taco, bloc plokk دفترچه lehtiö bloc-notes פִּנקָס लिखने के कागज का पैड blok jegyzettömb bundel kertas skrifblokk (blocco di fogli) ノート 종이철(綴) bloknotas bloks, bloknots pad blok skrive-/tegneblokk blok listowy, notes bloco bloc-notes блокнот blok pisalni blok blok za pisanje anteckningsblock สมุดฉีก bloknot 便箋簿 блок поштового паперу پيڈ، کاغذات کا گٹھا tập giấy viết 便笺簿
3 a platform from which rockets are sent off a launching-pad. baan مَنَصَّه لأطلاق الصَّواريخ ракетна площадка odpalovácí rampa rampe; -rampe die Rampe εξέδρα εκτόξευσης plataforma (lennutus)platvorm سکوی پرتاب laukaisualusta rampe (de lancement) כַּן-שִׁיגוּר प्रक्षेपण स्थल lansirna platforma kilövőállás landasan skotpallur piattaforma 発射台 (로켓의) 발사대 aikštelė starta vieta landas platform utskytingsplattform platforma plataforma rampă (de lansare) пусковая площадка odpaľovacia rampa izstrelitvena ploščad platforma avskjutningsramp, startplatta สถานที่ปล่อยจรวด rampa 發射台 стартовий майданчик راکٹ داغنے کا پليٹ فارم bệ phóng 发射台
v – past tense, past participle ˈpadded –
to put a pad in or on (for protection, to make big enough etc) The shoes were too big so she padded them with cottonwool. stop يُبَطِّن بالقُطن , слагам подплънки vycpat fore polstern παραγεμίζω almohadillar, acolchar polsterdama لایی گذاری کردن rembourrer לְרַפֵּד भराई करना, मुलायम वस्तु भर कर गद्दी बनाना podložiti,ispuniti kitöm melapisi troða (í), bólstra upp imbottire 詰め物をする (완충재를) 대다, 속을 채우다 pamušti, prikimšti polsterēt, lietot polsteri membubuh pad vullen fôre, stoppe ut, polstre wypchać, wyścielać almofadar a umple, a căptuşi cu material подкладывать (что-л.) мягкое vypchať oblaziniti popuniti stoppa upp, vaddera รองด้วยเบาะ tampon koymak 填塞 підкладати щось м'яке گدي لگانا đệm 填塞
n padding
material used to make a pad to protect, fill etc He used old blankets as padding. opstopsel حَشْوة من صوف او قُطن уплътнителен материал vycpávka beskyttelsespolstring; fyld die Polsterung παραγέμισμα acolchado, almohadillado polster, täitematerjal لایی؛ نرم لایه pehmuste rembourrage רִיפּוּד पैडिंग umetak bélés lapisan (í)tróð, stopp imbottitura 詰め物 심, 속 medžiaga pamušui, kamšalas polsterējums pad opvulsel fyll, vatt, polstring wyściełanie, obicie chumaço (material de) umplutură набивка vypchávka material za blazinjenje punjenje stoppning, madrassering, vaddering เบาะรอง dolgu maddesi 襯墊 підкладка, набивний матеріал پيڈ بنانے کا سامان vật liệu để đệm 衬垫
pad out
to fill with a soft material to make the right size The actor's costume was padded out to make him look fat. opstop يَحْشو بالقُطن слагам подплънки vycpat polstre; gøre fyldig auspolstern φουσκώνω με βάτες almohadillar, rellenar con paja (sentido figurado) polsterdama لایی گذاری کردن برای بزرگ تر نشان دادن topata rembourrer לְרַפֵּד सही आकार बनाना podlaganje nečim mekanim kitöm melapisi stoppa upp, troða út imbottire 詰め物をする 5부픗하게 하다 iškimšti, prikimšti izpolsterēt; uzpolsterēt mengembangkan opvullen fylle/stoppe ut, polstre wypchać, wyścielać acolchoar увеличивать vypchať oblaziniti popuniti stoppa upp, vaddera บุหรือรองให้หนาขึ้น şişirmek 用軟物充填 підбивати ватою موٹا کرنے کے ليے بھرائي کرنا lót 用软物充填
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