pad

[ pad ]

/ pæd /

noun

a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.

a soft, stuffed cushion used as a saddle; a padded leather saddle without a tree.

a number of sheets of paper glued or otherwise held together at one edge to form a tablet.

a soft, ink-soaked block of absorbent material for inking a rubber stamp.

Anatomy, Zoology. any fleshy mass of tissue that cushions a weight-bearing part of the body, as on the underside of a paw.

the foot, as of a fox, hare, or wolf.

a piece or fold of gauze or other absorbent material for use as a surgical dressing or a protective covering.

Zoology. a pulvillus, as on the tarsus or foot of an insect.

a lily pad.

Rocketry. launch pad.

Slang.

one's living quarters, as an apartment or room.
one's bed.
a room where people gather to take narcotics; an addicts' den.

Slang.

money paid as a bribe to and shared among police officers, as for ignoring law violations.
a list of police officers receiving such money.

Electricity. a nonadjustable attenuator consisting of a network of fixed resistors.

Shipbuilding.

a metal plate riveted or welded to a surface as a base or attachment for bolts, hooks, eyes, etc.
a piece of wood laid on the back of a deck beam to give the deck surface a desired amount of camber.

Carpentry.

a handle for holding various small, interchangeable saw blades.
Also pod. a socket in a brace for a bit.

Metallurgy. a raised surface on a casting.

a small deposit of weld metal, as for building up a worn surface.

verb (used with object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

to furnish, protect, fill out, or stuff with a pad or padding.

to expand or add to unnecessarily or dishonestly: to pad a speech; to pad an expense account.

Metallurgy. to add metal to (a casting) above its required dimensions, to insure the flow of enough metal to all parts.

verb (used without object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

to insure the proper forging of a piece.

Idioms for pad

on the pad, Slang. (of a police officer) receiving a bribe, especially on a regular basis.

Origin of pad

1545–55; orig. special uses of obsolete pad bundle to lie on, perhaps blend of pack¹ and bed

Words nearby pad

pact, pact of steel, pactolus, pacy, paczki, pad, pad foot, pad saw, pad stone, pad thai, pada

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pad ¹

/ (pæd) /

noun

a thick piece of soft material used to make something comfortable, give it shape, or protect it

a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body

Also called: stamp pad, ink pad a block of firm absorbent material soaked with ink for transferring to a rubber stamp

Also called: notepad, writing pad a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

a flat piece of stiff material used to back a piece of blotting paper

the fleshy cushion-like underpart of the foot of a cat, dog, etc
any of the parts constituting such a structure

any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad

entomol a nontechnical name for pulvillus

the large flat floating leaf of the water lily

electronics a resistive attenuator network inserted in the path of a signal to reduce amplitude or to match one circuit to another

slang a person's residence

slang a bed or bedroom

verb pads, padding or padded (tr)

to line, stuff, or fill out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape to

(often foll by out) to inflate with irrelevant or false information to pad out a story

Word Origin for pad

C16: origin uncertain; compare Low German pad sole of the foot

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pad ²

/ (pæd) /

verb pads, padding or padded

(intr; often foll by along, up, etc) to walk with a soft or muffled tread

(when intr, often foll by around) to travel (a route) on foot, esp at a slow pace; tramp to pad around the country

noun

a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps

archaic short for footpad

archaic, or dialect a slow-paced horse; nag

Australian a path or track a cattle pad

Word Origin for pad

C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, from pad path

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pad

[ păd ]

n.

A soft material forming a cushion, used in applying or relieving pressure on a part, or in filling a depression so that dressings can fit snugly.

A fatty mass of tissue acting as a cushion in the body, such as the fleshy underside of a finger or toe.

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verb (used with object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

verb (used without object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

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noun

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verb pads, padding or padded

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verb (used with object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

verb (used without object), pad·ded, pad·ding.

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