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pad

1

[ pad ]

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.
  11. Slang.
    1. one's living quarters, as an apartment or room.
    2. one's bed.
    3. a room where people gather to take narcotics; an addicts' den.
  12. Slang.
    1. money paid as a bribe to and shared among police officers, as for ignoring law violations.
    2. a list of police officers receiving such money.
  13. Electricity. a nonadjustable attenuator consisting of a network of fixed resistors.
  14. Shipbuilding.
    1. a metal plate riveted or welded to a surface as a base or attachment for bolts, hooks, eyes, etc.
    2. a piece of wood laid on the back of a deck beam to give the deck surface a desired amount of camber.
  15. Carpentry.
    1. a handle for holding various small, interchangeable saw blades.
    2. Also . 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)

, pad·ded, pad·ding.
  1. to furnish, protect, fill out, or stuff with a pad or padding.
  2. to expand or add to unnecessarily or dishonestly:

    to pad a speech; to pad an expense account.

  3. 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)

, pad·ded, pad·ding.
  1. to insure the proper forging of a piece.

pad

2

[ pad ]

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)

, pad·ded, pad·ding.
  1. to travel along on foot.
  2. to beat down by treading.

verb (used without object)

, pad·ded, pad·ding.
  1. to travel on foot; walk.
  2. to walk so that one's footsteps make a dull, muffled sound.

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pad

1

/ pæd /

noun

  1. a thick piece of soft material used to make something comfortable, give it shape, or protect it
  2. a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body
  3. Also calledstamp padink pad a block of firm absorbent material soaked with ink for transferring to a rubber stamp
  4. Also callednotepadwriting pad a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
  5. a flat piece of stiff material used to back a piece of blotting paper
    1. the fleshy cushion-like underpart of the foot of a cat, dog, etc
    2. any of the parts constituting such a structure
  7. any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad
  8. See pulvillus
    entomol a nontechnical name for pulvillus
  9. the large flat floating leaf of the water lily
  10. electronics a resistive attenuator network inserted in the path of a signal to reduce amplitude or to match one circuit to another
  11. slang.
    a person's residence
  12. slang.
    a bed or bedroom

verb

  1. to line, stuff, or fill out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape to
  2. often foll by out to inflate with irrelevant or false information

    to pad out a story

pad

2

/ pæd /

verb

  1. intr; often foll by along, up, etc to walk with a soft or muffled tread
  2. whenintr, often foll by around to travel (a route) on foot, esp at a slow pace; tramp

    to pad around the country

noun

  1. a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps
  2. See footpad
    archaic.
    short for footpad
  3. archaic.
    a slow-paced horse; nag
  4. a path or track

    a cattle pad

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pad1

First recorded in 1550–60; originally special uses of obsolete pad “bundle to lie on,” perhaps a blend of pack 1 and bed

Origin of pad2

First recorded in 1545–55; noun from Middle Dutch or Low German pad “path” (originally thieves' and beggars' slang); hence, apparently, “highwayman” and “horse”); verb from Middle Dutch padden “to make or follow a path,” cognate with Old English pæththan “to traverse,” derivative of pæth; path ( def ); pad 2defs 1, 8 perhaps represent an independent expressive word that has been influenced by other senses

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pad1

C16: origin uncertain; compare Low German pad sole of the foot

Origin of pad2

C16: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden, from pad path

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. on the pad, Slang. (of a police officer) receiving a bribe, especially on a regular basis.

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Example Sentences

However, the smart folks brought along these river-specific sleeping pads.

Rocket Lab says it has monthly launches scheduled for the rest of 2020, including the company's first flight from a new pad at Wallops Island, Virginia.

You’ll feel better, be back on your couch bingeing Selling Sunset before you know it, and you won’t be stinking up your pad.

This keyboard is a speed machine with a comfortable wrist pad for sustained comfort.

Marry that with the adventures that nature offers, and the pandemic could serve as a launch pad to teach kids outdoor life skills that will come in handy.

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Instead, they saw music videos as a launch pad for a whole new artistic movement: virality.

He described in painful detail the composition of the bars and the heavy shackles on the pad locks.

He has underpinned his future program by winning from NASA a 20-year lease on the legendary launch pad 39A at Cape Canaveral.

Would you like to come over and see my new pad this weekend?

If ESPN is a sleek bachelor pad, ESPNW is the cottage next door filled with Activia and ultra-soft toilet paper.

Her mother, wearing an ink-stained jacket, was busy at her desk, the pen scratching on the big sheets of pad paper.

Bobby said it should have been written on yellow paper with an asbestos pad under it to save scorching Miss Pendletons desk.

Margaret Halley stared reflectively at the blotting-pad for a moment, and then described a typical seance at Kazmah's.

As she sat by, crushing the juice from the berries with a stick, Jess planned the ink pad.

These they used for stuffing for the pad, and covered them with a pocket which Violet carefully ripped from her apron.

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