pad 2  (pād)  v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads v. intr.
To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town. n.
[Perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, tread a path, from pad, pat, path; see pent- in Indo-European roots.] pad'der n. |
| padder | |
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| a highwayman who robs on foot [syn: footpad] |