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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
padding Translations 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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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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