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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PAD, n.
1. A foot path; a road. [Not now used.]
2. An easy paced horse.
3. A robber that infests the road on foot; usually called a foot- pad.
PAD, n. A soft saddle, cushion or bolster stuffed with straw, hair or other soft substance.
PAD, v.i. To travel slowly.
1. To rob on foot.
2. To beat a way smooth and level.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge [syn: pad, 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 [syn: pad, inkpad, inking pad, 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 [syn: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad]
6: temporary living quarters [syn: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad]
7: the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger v
1: add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise]
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp]
3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: pad, fill out]
4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: pad, bolster]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb (padded; padding) Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path Date: 1553 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> II. noun Etymology: Middle Dutch pad Date: 1567 1. dialect British path 2. a horse that moves along at an easy pace 3. archaic footpad III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1570 1. a. a thin flat mat or cushion: as (1) a piece of soft stuffed material used as or under a saddle (2) padding used to shape an article of clothing (3) a guard worn to shield body parts against impact (4) a piece of usually folded absorbent material (as gauze) used as a surgical dressing or protective covering (5) a component of certain brake systems (as disc brakes) consisting of a plate covered with a frictional material b. a piece of material saturated with ink for inking the surface of a rubber stamp 2. a. the foot of an animal b. the cushioned thickening of the underside of the toes of an animal 3. a floating leaf of a water plant 4. a collection of sheets of paper glued together at one end 5. a. (1) a section of an airstrip used for warm-ups or turnarounds (2) an area used for helicopter takeoffs and landings b. launchpad c. a horizontal concrete surface (as for parking a mobile home) 6. a. bed b. living quarters IV. transitive verb (padded; padding) Date: 1827 1. a. to furnish with a pad or padding b. mute, muffle 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> V. noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1594 a soft muffled or slapping sound

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of soft material used to reduce friction or jarring, fill out hollows, hold or absorb liquid, etc. 2 a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, for writing or drawing on. 3 = ink-pad. 4 the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger. 5 a guard for the leg and ankle in sports. 6 a flat surface for helicopter take-off or rocket-launching. 7 colloq. a lodging, esp. a bedsitter or flat. 8 the floating leaf of a water lily. --v.tr. (padded, padding) 1 provide with a pad or padding; stuff. 2 (foll. by out) lengthen or fill out (a book etc.) with unnecessary material. Phrases and idioms: padded cell a room with padded walls in a mental hospital. Etymology: prob. of LG or Du. orig. 2. v. & n. --v. (padded, padding) 1 intr. walk with a soft dull steady step. 2 a tr. tramp along (a road etc.) on foot. b intr. travel on foot. --n. the sound of soft steady steps. Etymology: LG padden tread, pad PATH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pad Pad, n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.] 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] 2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison An abbot on an ambling pad. --Tennyson. 3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. --Gay. Byron. 4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pad Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pad Pad, v. i. 1. To travel heavily or slowly. --Bunyan. 2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather. 3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pad Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod.] 1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing. 2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper. 3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. 4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. 5. (Zo["o]l.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals. 6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. 7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. 8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. --W. C. Russel. 9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] --Simmonds. Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing. Pad saddle. See def. 3, above. Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. --Knight.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Pad Pad, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.] 1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding. 2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. --Ure.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(pads, padding, padded) 1. A pad is a fairly thick, flat piece of a material such as cloth or rubber. Pads are used, for example, to clean things, to protect things, or to change their shape. He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot. ...a scouring pad. N-COUNT 2. A pad of paper is a number of pieces of paper which are fixed together along the top or the side, so that each piece can be torn off when it has been used. She wrote on a pad of paper... Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts... N-COUNT 3. When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers... I often bumped into him as he padded the corridors. VERB: V prep/adv, V n 4. A pad is a platform or an area of flat, hard ground where helicopters take off and land or rockets are launched. ...a little round helicopter pad. ...a landing pad on the back of the ship... N-COUNT see also launch pad 5. The pads of a person's fingers and toes or of an animal's feet are the soft, fleshy parts of them. Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers. N-COUNT: usu pl, usu N of n 6. If you pad something, you put something soft in it or over it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow... I can tell you I always padded my bras. VERB: V n with n, V n • padded ...a padded jacket. ...back-rests padded with camel's wool. ADJ 7. see also padding

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Horse (for the saddle), saddle-horse, easy-paced horse, padnag. 2. Cushion, bolster. 3. Blotter.

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

The highway, or a robber thereon; also a bed. Footpads; foot robbers. To go out upon the pad; to go out in order to commit a robbery.

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