pad
//pæd//
Forms
- Plural
- pads
- present (v1)
- pad
- past (v2)
- padded
- past participle (v3)
- padded
- present participle
- padding
- 3rd person singular
- pads
Definitions
1.A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
2.A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
3.A soft, or small, cushion.
4.A soft area on the ends of a digit:
1.To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
- "Obama pads delegate lead […] with win in key western state."
2.To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
3.To furnish with a pad or padding.
4.To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4395
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Synonyms
Etymology
1554, "bundle of straw to lie on".
Unknown, and unclear all senses have common etymology.
For sense "ends of a digit", cf.