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Pad

noun

1.

A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge. Synonyms: pad of paper, tablet.

2.

The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily).

3.

A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp. Synonyms: inking pad, inkpad, stamp pad.

4.

A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort.

5.

A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched. Synonyms: launch area, launch pad, launching pad, launchpad.

6.

Temporary living quarters. Synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings.

7.

The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger.

verb

(past & past part. padded; pres. part. padding)

1.

Add details to. Synonyms: aggrandise, aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard.

2.

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud. Synonyms: footslog, plod, slog, tramp, trudge.

3.

Line or stuff with soft material. Synonym: fill out.

4.

Add padding to. Synonym: bolster.

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"Pad" Quotes from Famous Books

... the former. This was the method in use in those days when, instead of a coach and six, a member of parliament's lady used to mount a pillion behind her husband; and a grave serjeant at law condescended to amble to Westminster on an easy pad, with his clerk kicking his ...

— Joseph Andrews Vol. 1 • Henry Fielding

... measuring roller runs beside the printing disk, and on this is stamped the required figures by a simple contrivance at the desired distances, say every five yards. The types are linked together into a roller chain which is carried by the disk, A, and they ink themselves automatically from a flannel pad. The machine works in this way: The end of the piece to be measured is brought down until it touches the surface of the table, the marker is turned to zero, and also the finger of the dial on the end of the measuring roller. The machine is then started, ...

— Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 • Various

... bent over his desk, wrote a short message on a form pad and pushed the buzzer-button with his thick finger. He carefully folded up the piece ...

— Never-Fail Blake • Arthur Stringer

... will, while old Barton mumbled and studied over his drawings, occasionally adding a detail, and calculating on a pad as though he were working ...

— Traffic in Souls - A Novel of Crime and Its Cure • Eustace Hale Ball

... said he; "he says dat you are ein pad voman. It ees his illness," he added hastily, to soften La Cibot and excuse ...

— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac

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