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pad

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noun (1)

1
a
: a thin flat mat or cushion: such as
(1)
: a guard worn to shield body parts against impact
(3)
: padding used to shape an article of clothing
(4)
: a piece of usually folded absorbent material (such as gauze) used as a surgical dressing or protective covering
(5)
: a component of certain brake systems (such as disc brakes) consisting of a plate covered with a frictional material
(6)
: a piece of soft stuffed material used as or under a saddle
b
: a piece of material saturated with ink for inking the surface of a rubber stamp
2
: a collection of sheets of paper glued or fastened together at one end
3
a
: the cushioned thickening of the underside of the toes of an animal
b
: the foot of an animal
4
a
: living quarters
b
: bed
5
a(1)
: an area used for helicopter takeoffs and landings
(2)
: a section of an airstrip used for warm-ups or turnarounds
b
c
: a horizontal concrete surface (as for parking a mobile home)
6
a
: a floating leaf of a water plant
b
: the flattened, fleshy, paddle-shaped stem segment of a cactus (such as a prickly pear)

pad

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verb (1)

padded; padding

transitive verb

1
a
: to furnish with a pad or padding
b
2
: to expand or increase especially with needless, misleading, or fraudulent matter
pad the sales figures
often used with out
they pad out their bibliographies J. P. Kenyon

pad

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verb (2)

padded; padding

transitive verb

: to traverse on foot

intransitive verb

: to go on foot : walk
especially : to walk with or as if with padded feet
the dog padded along beside him
padding around in bedroom slippers

pad

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noun (2)

: a soft muffled or slapping sound

pad

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noun (3)

1
dialectal British : path
2
: a horse that moves along at an easy pace
3
archaic : footpad

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

origin unknown

Verb (2)

perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path

Noun (2)

imitative

Noun (3)

Middle Dutch pad

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1554, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (1)

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (2)

1553, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

1879, in the meaning defined above

Noun (3)

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of pad was in 1553

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