pad

pad¹ (p

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.

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.

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.

a. A launch pad.

b. A helipad.

9. A keypad.

10. Slang One's apartment or room.

tr.v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads

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.

Idiom:

on the pad Slang

Taking bribes.

[Origin unknown.]

padless adj.

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 edge pad of paper, tablet message 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 foliage, leaf, leafage - the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants 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 stamp inking pad, inkpad, stamp pad block - 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 carpet pad, rug pad, underlay, underlayment - a pad placed under a carpet 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 hot pad, table mat - a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table 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 launched launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform" launching site - a place for launching pads
	6.	pad - temporary living quarters domiciliation, lodgings, diggings, digs 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 finger paw - 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 aggrandise, aggrandize, embellish, embroider, lard, dramatise, dramatize, blow up 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" footslog, plod, trudge, slog, tramp 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" squish, slop, slosh, splash, splosh, squelch - walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"
	3.	pad - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" fill out 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" bolster fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"