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pad

1 [pad]

noun, verb, pad⋅ded, pad⋅ding.

–noun

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9.	a lily pad.

10.	Rocketry. launch pad.

11.

Slang.

a.	one's living quarters, as an apartment or room.

b.	one's bed.

c.	a room where people gather to take narcotics; an addicts' den.

12.

Slang.

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

b.	a list of police officers receiving such money.

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

14.

Shipbuilding.

a.	a metal plate riveted or welded to a surface as a base or attachment for bolts, hooks, eyes, etc.

b.	a piece of wood laid on the back of a deck beam to give the deck surface a desired amount of camber.

15.

Carpentry.

a.	a handle for holding various small, interchangeable saw blades.

b.	Also, pod. a socket in a brace for a bit.

16.	Metallurgy. a raised surface on a casting.

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

–verb (used with object)

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

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

20.	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)

21.	to insure the proper forging of a piece.

—Idiom

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

Origin:
1545–55; orig. special uses of obs. pad bundle to lie on, perh. b. pack ¹ and bed

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pad

2 [pad]

noun, verb, pad⋅ded, pad⋅ding.

–noun

1.	a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.

2.	a road horse, as distinguished from a hunting or working horse.

3.	a highwayman.

4.	British Dialect. a path, lane, or road.

–verb (used with object)

5.	to travel along on foot.

6.	to beat down by treading.

–verb (used without object)

7.	to travel on foot; walk.

8.	to walk so that one's footsteps make a dull, muffled sound.

Origin:
1545–55; (n.) < MD or LG pad path (orig. argot; hence, appar., “highwayman” and “horse”); (v.) < MD padden to make or follow a path, c. OE pæththan to traverse, deriv. of pæth path; defs. 1, 8 perh. represent an independent expressive word that has been influenced by other senses

PaD

Pennsylvania Dutch.

launch pad

–noun

1.	the platform on which a missile or launch vehicle undergoes final prelaunch checkout and countdown and from which it is launched from the surface of the earth.

2.	something that serves to launch or initiate: He used his legal experience as a launch pad for his career in politics.

Also, launchpad.

Also called launching pad, pad.

Origin:
1955–60

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pad¹ (pād)

A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.
A flexible saddle without a frame.
An ink-soaked cushion used to ink a rubber stamp.
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.
1. The broad floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as the water lily.
2. The flattened fleshy stem of a cactus such as certain varieties of prickly pear. Also called paddle¹.
3. The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals.
4. The foot of such an animal.
5. A launch pad.
6. A helipad.
1. The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals.
2. The foot of such an animal.
3. A launch pad.
4. A helipad.
The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.
1. A launch pad.
2. A helipad.
A keypad.
Slang One's apartment or room.

tr.v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads

To line or stuff with soft material.
To lengthen or increase, especially with extraneous or false information: pad a lecture with jokes; pad an expense account.

[Origin unknown.]
pad'less adj.

pad² (pād)

v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads

v. intr.

To go about on foot.
To move or walk about almost inaudibly.

v. tr.
To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town.
n.

A muffled sound resembling that of soft footsteps.
A horse with a plodding gait.

[Perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, tread a path, from pad, pat, path; see pent- in Indo-European roots.]
pad'der n.

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Pad

Pad\, n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.]

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

Pad\, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]

Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville.

Pad

Pad\, v. i. 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

Pad\, n. [Perh. akin to pod.]

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. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing.

Pad saddle. See def. 3, above.

Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. --Knight.

Pad

Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.]

1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.

2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. --Ure.

Language Translation for : pad

Spanish: almohadilla,

German: das Polster,

Japanese: 当て物

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pad (n.)

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on," possibly from Low Ger. or Flem. pad "sole of the foot." Meaning "cushion-like part of an animal foot" is from 1836 in Eng. Generalized sense of "something soft" is from c.1700; the sense of "a number of sheets fastened together" (in writing pad, drawing pad, etc.) is from 1865. Sense of "take off or landing place for a helicopter" is from 1960. The word persisted in underworld slang from early 18c. in the sense "sleeping place," and was popularized again c.1959, originally in beatnik speech (later hippie slang) in its original sense of "place to sleep temporarily." The verb meaning "to stuff, increase the amount of" is first recorded 1827, from the noun; transf. to expense accounts, etc. from 1913. Padded cell in an asylum or prison is from 1862 (padded room).

pad (v.)

"to walk," 1553, probably from M.Du. paden "walk along a path, make a path," from pad, pat "path." Originally criminals' slang, perhaps of imitative origin (sound of feet trudging on a dirt road).

Main Entry: pad
Pronunciation: 'pad
Function: noun
1 : a usually square or rectangular piece of often folded typically absorbent material (as gauze)fixed in place over some part of the body as a dressing or other protective covering
2 : a part of the body or of an appendage that resembles or is suggestive of a cushion : a thick fleshy resilient part: as a : the sole of the foot or underside of the toes of an animal (as a dog) that is typically thickened so as to form a cushion b : the underside of the extremities of the fingers; especially : the ball of the thumb

pad (pād)
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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