pad
1a 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 (def. 1).
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.
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.
to insure the proper forging of a piece.
Idioms about pad
on the pad, Slang. (of a police officer) receiving a bribe, especially on a regular basis.
Origin of pad
1Other definitions for pad (2 of 3)
a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
a road horse, as distinguished from a hunting or working horse.
a highwayman.
British Dialect. a path, lane, or road.
to travel along on foot.
to beat down by treading.
to travel on foot;walk.
to walk so that one's footsteps make a dull, muffled sound.
Origin of pad
2Other definitions for PaD (3 of 3)
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How to use pad in a sentence
Your Advanced Combat Helmet weighs seven pounds and the back pads press furiously into the corners of your skull.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq | Nathan Bradley Bethea | August 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCounterfeit airbags and brake pads have become more of a problem, as have electrical devices that catch on fire.
Even the most sketch-ball, scheming car mechanic knows how much those brake pads cost.
‘Code Black’: An M.D. on How to Fix Our Emergency Room Crisis | Ryan McGarry | June 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThere is a smell of death about him now; no hospital deodorants or rubber gloves or absorbent pads can take it away.
Adam Hochschild on Keeping Company With His Dying Father | Adam Hochschild | June 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt eight o'clock the team filed out to warm up, Sawchuck leading, wide-legged in his goalie pads, and Howe last.
Also he had built himself a rustic table, and unpacked a trunkful of blankets and dishes and writing-pads and books.
Love's Pilgrimage | Upton SinclairCanhead moved the little elephants around back of the big rhinoceros cage and fixed the head-pads for the big shove.
David Lannarck, Midget | George S. HarneyAll sorts and conditions of men armed with pads, pencils, motion-picture cameras, still cameras.
My Wonderful Visit | Charlie ChaplinTwo or three pads, each of which bears tubelike hairs that secrete a sticky fluid, are found on its under surface.
A Civic Biology | George William HunterThey quickly launched it and rowed to the far side of the lake, anchoring near a stretch of lily pads.
The Missing Formula | Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt
British Dictionary definitions for pad (1 of 2)
/ (pæd) /
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
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
Origin of pad
1British Dictionary definitions for pad (2 of 2)
/ (pæd) /
(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
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
Origin of pad
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