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English Dictionary: pad	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for pad
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pad n a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge Synonym(s): pad, pad of paper, tablet the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp Synonym(s): pad, inkpad, inking pad, stamp pad a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched Synonym(s): launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad temporary living quarters Synonym(s): diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger v add details to [syn: embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise] walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" Synonym(s): slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" Synonym(s): pad, fill out add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" Synonym(s): pad, bolster
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pad \Pad\, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[94]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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PAD {Packet Assembler/Disassembler}