pad

pad

pad¹ [pad]

n.

[echoic, but infl. by PAD³]

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

pad² [pad]

n.

[? var. of POD¹]

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.

a) the foot of certain animals, as the wolf or fox

b) 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

a) a pallet or bed

b) the room, apartment, etc. where one lives

vt.

padded, padding

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

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on the pad Slang

☆ accepting a share of the graft received collectively by members of a police precinct

pad³ [pad]

vi.

padded, padding [< PAD⁴, akin to LowG padden]

1. to travel on foot; walk; tramp

2. to walk or run with a soft, almost soundless, step

pad⁴ [pad]

n.

[Du pad,PATH²]

1. Brit. a path

2. a horse with an easy pace

3. Now Rare a footpad