pad Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
    pad of paper; tablet.
  2. noun the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
  3. noun a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
    inking pad; inkpad; stamp pad.
  4. noun a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
  5. noun a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
    launching pad; launch pad; launch area; launchpad.
  6. noun temporary living quarters
    diggings; domiciliation; lodgings; digs.
  7. noun the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
  8. verb add details to
    dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
  9. verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
    footslog; tramp; trudge; plod; slog.
    • Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
  10. verb line or stuff with soft material
    fill out.
    • pad a bra
  11. verb add padding to
    bolster.
    • pad the seat of the chair

WordNet

Pad noun
Etymology
D. pad. See Path.
Definitions
  1. A footpath; a road. Obs. or Prov. Eng.
  2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. Addison
    An abbot on an ambling pad. Tennyson.
  3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. Gay. Byron.
  4. The act of robbing on the highway. Obs.
Pad transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To travel upon foot; to tread. Obs.
    Padding the streets for half a crown. Somerville.
Pad intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To travel heavily or slowly. Bunyan.
  2. To rob on foot. Obs. Cotton Mather.
  3. To wear a path by walking. Prov. Eng.
Pad noun
Etymology
Perh. akin to pod.
Definitions
  1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
  2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper.
  3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
  4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
  5. (Zoöl.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
  6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
  7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
  8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. W. C. Russel.
  9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. Eng. Simmonds. Knight.
Pad transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Padded; present participle & verbal noun Padding
Definitions
  1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
  2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. Ure.

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