noun

Etymology: echoic, but infl. by pad

noun

1. a soft, stuffed saddle
2. 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
3. a piece of folded gauze, compressed cotton, etc. used as a dressing or protection on a wound, etc.
4. 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
5. ☆ the floating leaf of a water plant, as the waterlily
6. a number of sheets of paper for writing or drawing, glued together along one edge; tablet
7. an absorbent cushion soaked with ink for inking a rubber stamp
   in full stamp pad or ink pad
8. launch pad
9. Slang
   1. a pallet or bed
   2. the room, apartment, etc. where one lives

Etymology: ? var. of pod

transitive verb padded pad′·ded, padding pad′·ding

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

intransitive verb padded pad′·ded, padding pad′·ding

1. to travel on foot; walk; tramp
2. to walk or run with a soft, almost soundless, step

Etymology: < pad, akin to LowG padden

noun

1. Brit. a path
2. a horse with an easy pace
3. Now Rare a footpad

Etymology: Du pad, path