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pad ¹  (pd)

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

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.

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[Origin unknown.]

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padless adj.

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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]

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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]

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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.

Thesaurus

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"

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pad ¹

noun 1. wad, dressing, pack, padding, compress, wadding

noun 2. cushion, filling, stuffing, pillow, bolster, upholstery

noun 3. notepad, block, tablet, notebook, jotter, writing pad

noun 4. (Slang) home, flat, apartment, place, room, quarters, hang-out (informal) bachelor apartment Canad.

noun 5. paw, foot, sole

verb 6. pack, line, fill, protect, shape, stuff, cushion

pad something out lengthen, stretch, elaborate, inflate, fill out, amplify, augment, spin out, flesh out, eke out, protract

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pad ²

verb sneak, creep, steal, pussyfoot (informal) go barefoot

Translations

pad [pæd] n [of paper] → bloc m (= cushion); cojinete m (= launching pad); plataforma (de lanzamiento);

(col) (flat) → casa

vt → rellenar

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pad [pæd] n → bloc(-notes m) m;

(to prevent friction) → tampon m;

(for inking) → tampon m encreur;

(inf) (= flat); piaule f

vt → rembourrer

vi to pad in/about etc → entrer/aller et venir etc à pas feutrés

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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

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pad [pæd] n → blocco;

(for inking) → tampone m;

(col) (= flat); appartamentino

vt → imbottire

vi to pad about/in etc → camminare/entrare etc a passi felpati