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pad·ding  (pdng)
n.
1. The act of stuffing, filling, or lining.
2. A soft material used to make pads or a pad.
3. Something added, especially extraneously or fraudulently: put some padding in the resumé.

padding [ˈpædɪŋ]
n
1. any soft material used to pad clothes, furniture, etc.
2. superfluous material put into a speech or written work to pad it out; waffle
3. (Economics, Accounting & Finance / Accounting & Book-keeping) inflated or false entries in a financial account, esp an expense account

Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.paddingpadding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
cushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
falsie - padding that is worn inside a brassiere
pad - a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
stuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture
cotton, cotton fiber, cotton wool - soft silky fibers from cotton plants in their raw state
kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk - a plant fiber from the kapok tree; used for stuffing and insulation
straw - plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

padding
noun
1. filling, stuffing, packing, wadding the chair's foam rubber padding
2. waffle (informal, chiefly Brit.), hot air (informal), verbiage, wordiness, verbosity, prolixity Politicians fill their speeches with a lot of padding.
Translations
padding [ˈpædɪŋ] N
1. (= material) → relleno m, almohadilla f
2. (fig) (in speech etc) → paja f, borra f
padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n
(= soft material) (for protection)rembourrage m; (for comfort)rembourrage m
(in speech, essay, report)délayage m
padding
n
(= material)Polsterung f
(fig: in essay etc) → Füllwerk nt, → Füllsel pl
padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n (material) → imbottitura (fig) (in speech, essay) → riempitivo
padding [ˈpædɪŋ] n (material) → imbottitura (fig) (in speech, essay) → riempitivo


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A padding is placed on the forehead of the infant, with a piece of bark above it, and is pressed down by cords, which pass through holes on each side of the trough.
Harling's old coats, and in these she went padding about after Charley, fairly panting with eagerness to please him.
A thick padding fastened upon a kind of elastic network, made of the best steel, lined the inside of the walls.
 
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