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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.

[Origin unknown.]

padless 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.]

padder n.

pad1
n
1. a thick piece of soft material used to make something comfortable, give it shape, or protect it
2. (General Sporting Terms) a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body
3. Also called stamp pad ink pad a block of firm absorbent material soaked with ink for transferring to a rubber stamp
4. Also called notepad writing pad a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
5. a flat piece of stiff material used to back a piece of blotting paper
6. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology)
a.  the fleshy cushion-like underpart of the foot of a cat, dog, etc.
b.  any of the parts constituting such a structure
7. any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad
8. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) Entomol a nontechnical name for pulvillus
9. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the large flat floating leaf of the water lily
10. (Electronics) Electronics a resistive attenuator network inserted in the path of a signal to reduce amplitude or to match one circuit to another
11. Slang a person's residence
12. Slang a bed or bedroom
vb pads, padding, padded (tr)
1. to line, stuff, or fill out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape to
2. (often foll by out) to inflate with irrelevant or false information to pad out a story
[origin uncertain; compare Low German pad sole of the foot]

pad2
vb pads, padding, padded
1. (intr; often foll by along, up, etc.) to walk with a soft or muffled tread
2. (when intr, often foll by around) to travel (a route) on foot, esp at a slow pace; tramp to pad around the country
n
1. a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps
2. (Historical Terms) Archaic short for footpad
3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) Archaic or dialect a slow-paced horse; nag
4. Austral a path or track a cattle pad
[perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, from 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
Noun1.padpad - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
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.padpad - 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.padpad - a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
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.padpad - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
platform - a raised horizontal surface; "the speaker mounted the platform"
launching site - a place for launching pads
6.padpad - 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.padpad - 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"
Verb1.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.padpad - 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"
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"
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"
fill, fill up, make full - make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride"

pad1
noun
1. wad, dressing, pack, padding, compress, wadding He placed a pad of cotton wool over the cut.
2. cushion, filling, stuffing, pillow, bolster, upholstery Seat-pad covers which tie to the backs of your chairs
3. notepad, block, tablet, notebook, jotter, writing pad Have a pad and pencil ready.
4. (Slang) home, flat, apartment, place, room, quarters, hang-out (informal) He's bought himself a bachelor pad.
5. paw, foot, sole My cat has an infection in the pad of its foot.
verb
pack, line, fill, protect, shape, stuff, cushion Pad the seat with a pillow.
pad something out lengthen, stretch, elaborate, inflate, fill out, amplify, augment, spin out, flesh out, eke out, protract He padded out his article with a lot of quotations.

pad2
verb sneak, creep, prowl, steal, ghost, tiptoe, slink, pussyfoot (informal), tread warily, go barefoot, walk quietly He padded around in his slippers.
Translations
pad1 [pæd]
A. N
1. (to prevent friction etc) → almohadilla f, cojinete m; (for ink) → tampón m; (= brake pad) → zapata f
2. (= shoulder pad) → hombrera f; (= knee pad) → rodillera f; (= elbow pad) → codera f; (= shin pad) → espinillera f
3. (= note pad, writing pad) → bloc(k) m, cuaderno m; (= blotting pad) → secafirmas m
4. (for helicopter) → plataforma f; (= launch pad) → plataforma f de lanzamiento
5. [of animal's foot] → almohadilla f
B. VT
1. [+ shoulders etc] → acolchonar, poner hombreras a; [+ armour] → enguatar
2. (= stuff) → rellenar (fig) [+ book, speech etc] → meter paja en
C. VI to pad aboutandar or (esp LAm) caminar sin hacer ruido
to pad inentrar sin hacer ruido
pad out VT + ADV [+ speech, essay] → meter paja en
the essay was padded out with references toel trabajo estaba inflado de referencias a ...

pad2 [pæd] N (= home) → casa f; (= flat) → piso m, departamento m (LAm); (= room) → agujero m, habitación f

pad [ˈpæd]
n
(= notebook) → bloc m (= writing pad) → bloc m
(= piece of soft material) (for protection)rembourrage m; [cotton wool] → compresse f
The corners of the box were protected with foam pads → Les coins de la boîte était protégés par un rembourrage en mousse.
(SPORT) elbow pad → coudière f
knee pad → genouillère f
ankle pad → chevillère f
[fingers, toes] → pulpe f; [dog, cat] → coussinet m
(= inkpad) → tampon m encreur
(= home) → piaule f
vt [+ seat, steering wheel] → rembourrer; [+ walls] → capitonner; [+ shoulders] → rembourrer
vi (= walk quietly and lightly) to pad about → aller et venir à pas feutrés
to pad around the room → trottiner dans la pièce
to pad in → entrer en trottinant
to pad out of the room → sortir de la pièce en trottinant
pad out
vt sep
to pad sth out with sth [+ speech, report] → étoffer qch avec qch

pad1
vi to pad about (Brit) or aroundumhertapsen; to pad alongentlangtrotten; the panther padded up and downder Pant(h)er trottete auf und ab; the tiger padded off into the bushesder Tiger trottete ins Gebüsch

pad2
n
(= stuffing) (for comfort etc) → Polster nt; (for protection) → Schützer m; (in bra) → Einlage f; (= brake pad etc)Belag m; (esp US: = sanitary pad) → Damenbinde f
(of paper)Block m; (of blotting paper)Schreibunterlage f
(for inking) → Stempelkissen nt
(of animal’s foot)Ballen m
(= launch pad)(Abschuss)rampe f
(inf: = room, home) → Bude f (inf); at your padin deiner Bude, bei dir
vt shoulders etcpolstern

pad [pæd]
1. n
a. (to prevent friction) → cuscinetto (Ftbl) → parastinco (Hockey) → gambiera; (brake pad) → pastiglia; (for ink) → tampone m
b. (writing pad) → blocco di carta da lettere; (notepad) → bloc-notes m inv, blocchetto
c. (launch pad) → rampa di lancio
d. (of animal's foot) → cuscinetto
e. (fam) (flat) → appartamentino
2. vt (cushion, shoulders) → imbottire
3. vi to pad about/incamminare/entrare a passi felpati
pad out vt + adv (speech) → farcire

pad [pæd]
1. n
a. (to prevent friction) → cuscinetto (Ftbl) → parastinco (Hockey) → gambiera; (brake pad) → pastiglia; (for ink) → tampone m
b. (writing pad) → blocco di carta da lettere; (notepad) → bloc-notes m inv, blocchetto
c. (launch pad) → rampa di lancio
d. (of animal's foot) → cuscinetto
e. (fam) (flat) → appartamentino
2. vt (cushion, shoulders) → imbottire
3. vi to pad about/incamminare/entrare a passi felpati
pad out vt + adv (speech) → farcire

pad1
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 pehmuste coussinet רְפִידָה कागज की गड्डी jastuk,štitnik párna bantalan púði cuscinetto 当て物 패드 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
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 메모 용지철 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 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
vpast 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 topata 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 패드를 대다 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
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 toppaus rembourrage רִיפּוּד पैडिंग umetak bélés lapisan (í)tróð, stopp imbottitura 詰め物 (~속에 채우는 것) 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
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 täyttää rembourrer לְרַפֵּד सही आकार बनाना podlaganje nečim mekanim kitöm melapisi stoppa upp, troða út imbottire 詰め物をする 채워 넣다 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

pad2
v pad [pӕd]
to walk softly The dog padded along the road. drentel, stap يَمْشي بِخُطى خافِتَه вървя с леки стъпки tiše našlapovat traske trotten, schlendern αλαφροπατώ andar sin hacer ruido/ligeramente lontima آرام و بی صدا راه رفتن hipsutella marcher à pas feutrés לָלֶכֶת आहिस्ता चलना otisak šape kutyagol berjalan perlahan tipla, ganga léttilega og hljóðlega camminare ぶらぶら歩く 살그머니 걷다 pėdinti, tapenti iet nedzirdamiem soļiem berjalan perlahan draven rusle, tusle, traske stąpać, biec, cicho caminhar a merge tiptil идти бесшумно ticho kráčať mehko hoditi šetati lagano traska, tassa เดินช้า ๆ pıtış pıtış yürümek 放輕步子走 іти нечутним кроком خراماں خراماں چلنا đi lon ton

pad وسادة رقيقة podložka pude Polster προστατευτικό μαξιλαράκι almohadilla pehmuste bloc-notes jastuk cuscinetto パッド 패드 kussen polstring podkładka coxim прокладка dyna เบาะรอง ped miếng đệm lót


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