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Pad   /pæd/   Listen
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.
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



... "till you hear the rest. I cleaned off the tray and went through my day's work as usual. The next morning I found the same thing—and something more. Some one had been trying to write on the pad of ...
— Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 • Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds

... with a clean striped vest, ample white cravat, drab breeches and boots, that looked as though they had brushed through a few bullfinches; and so they had, but not with Leather's legs in them, for he had bought them second-hand of a pad groom in distress. His hands were encased in cat's-skin sable gloves, showing that he was a gentleman who liked to be comfortable. Thus accoutred, he rode down Broad Street at Laverick Wells, looking like a fine, faithful old family servant, with a slight ...
— Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour • R. S. Surtees

... Arcot answered. "The solution is obvious—if we can't bring the generator to the air, we must bring the air to it." He began sketching rapidly on the pad before him, "We'll have all the power equipment in this room here in the back, and the control room up in front, here. The relays for controlling will be back here, so we can control electrically the ...
— The Black Star Passes • John W Campbell

... upon the dear being from whom she was separated. Somewhat familiarised now even with her rude conductor, she offered him a small present in money, with a request he would do what he could for her sister's accommodation. To her surprise, Ratcliffe declined the fee. "I wasna bloody when I was on the pad," he said, "and I winna be greedy—that is, beyond what's right and reasonable—now that I am in the lock.—Keep the siller; and for civility, your sister sall hae sic as I can bestow; but I hope you'll think better on it, and rap ...
— The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete, Illustrated • Sir Walter Scott

... the trainer. I never said to him, 'Damn it, this colt has been broken before; here is the mark of the pad on his back.' I showed him the mark, but I never said those words, or any words to that effect. I don't know why I showed him the mark. It was not big enough for the mark of a pad, and it was not the place for the saddle to make ...
— Gossip in the First Decade of Victoria's Reign • John Ashton


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