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pad⋅ding

  [pad-ing]
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–noun
1. material, as cotton or straw, used to pad something.
2. something added unnecessarily or dishonestly, as verbiage to a speech or a false charge on an expense account.
3. the act of a person or thing that pads.
Origin:
1820–30; pad 1 + -ing 1
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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

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
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pad 1   (pād)   
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.

    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.

  7. The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.

    1. A launch pad.

    2. 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.


[Origin unknown.]
pad'less adj.
pad 2   (pād)   
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.]
pad'der n.
pad·ding   (pād'ĭng)   
n.  

  1. The act of stuffing, filling, or lining.

  2. A soft material used to make pads or a pad.

  3. Something added, especially extraneously or fraudulently: put some padding in the resumé.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
pad

  1. n.
    a place to live; one's room or dwelling. : Why don't you come over to my pad for a while?
  2. tv.
    to lengthen a piece of writing with unnecessary material. (See also padded.) : This story would be better if you hadn't padded it with so much chitchat.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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
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Medical Dictionary

pad (pād)
n.

  1. 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.

  2. 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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