pad

The definition of a pad is the sound of a soft footstep, or something stuffed to provide a cushion, or the bottom of an animal's foot.

(noun)

Pad is defined as to walk softly, or to stuff, or to add unnecessary information.

(verb)

An example of pad is for a child to softly walk down the stairs.
An example of pad is to put cotton inside a pillow.
An example of pad is add unneeded details to a paper just to reach a word count.

See pad in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the dull sound made by a footstep or staff on the ground

Origin: echoic, but infl. by pad

noun

a soft, stuffed saddle
anything made of or stuffed with soft material to fill out a shape, protect against friction, pressure, jarring, or blows, etc.; cushion: a shoulder pad, seat pad
a piece of folded gauze, compressed cotton, etc. used as a dressing or protection on a wound, etc.
1. the foot of certain animals, as the wolf or fox
2. any of the cushionlike parts on the underside of the foot of some animals
☆ the floating leaf of a water plant, as the waterlily
a number of sheets of paper for writing or drawing, glued together along one edge; tablet
an absorbent cushion soaked with ink for inking a rubber stamp
in full stamp pad or ink pad
launch pad
Slang
1. a pallet or bed
2. the room, apartment, etc. where one lives

Origin: ? var. of pod

transitive verb padded, padding

to stuff, cover, or line with a pad or padding
to lengthen (a speech or piece of writing) with unnecessary or irrelevant material
☆ to fill (an expense account, bill, etc.) with invented or inflated entries

intransitive verb padded, padding

Origin: < pad, akin to LowG padden

noun

Origin: Du pad, path

See pad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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.
a. The broad floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as the water lily.
b. The flattened fleshy stem of a cactus such as certain varieties of prickly pear. Also called paddle¹.
a. The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals.
b. The foot of such an animal.
The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.
a. A launch pad.
b. A helipad.
A keypad.
Slang One's apartment or room.

transitive verb 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.

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