pad
pad
pÃĻd
pād
/pˈad/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "pad"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻ°ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add padding or cushioning to enhance comfort, protect, or modify the shape of something
Transitive: to pad sth with cushioning
to pad definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cyclist padded the bike seat with a gel cover for a more comfortable ride.
āϏāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϞ āϚāĻžāϞāĻ• āφāϰāĻ“ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻœā§‡āϞ āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāχāϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŋāϟāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĢā§‹āϞāĻžāύ⧋

to add extraneous content to artificially increase the length of material without adding significant substance
Transitive: to pad content
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician padded his speech to fill the allotted time.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§‚āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āϰāĻžāϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to add extra material to something to increase its size, thickness, or volume
Transitive: to pad sth with extra material
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He padded the mattress with foam to make it more comfortable to sleep on.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢā§‹āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻŸā§āϰ⧇āϏ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āφāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž, āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to walk quietly, softly, or slowly, often with a gentle, muffled sound
Intransitive: to pad somewhere
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He padded down the hallway in his socks, careful not to wake anyone sleeping.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‹āϜāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻšāϞāĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻžāĻŦāϰ āφāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āρāĻŸā§‡ āϗ⧇āϞ⧇āύ, āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāĻ—āĻžāύ⧋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻĨāĻžāϕ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āύāϰāĻŽ āωāĻĒāĻžāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻĸāĻžāĻ•āĻž, āφāĻ¸ā§āϤāϰāĻŖ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

to cover or line parts of a boat with soft material to protect it or make it more comfortable
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Before transporting the kayak, he padded the edges to prevent scratches.
āĻ•āĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻšāύ⧇āϰ āφāϗ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāϚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰ⧋āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ, āϕ⧁āĻļāύ

the soft part under the foot of an animal or a human finger
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āύ⧋āϟāĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ, āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ

a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ, āϕ⧁āĻļāύ

a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻŽāĻžā§āϚ, āϞāĻžā§āϚ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ

a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
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āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ, āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§€ āφāĻŦāĻžāϏ

temporary living quarters
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āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ, āĻ•āĻžāϞāĻŋāϰ āĻŦā§āϞāĻ•

a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
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āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻĄ, āϜāϞ āϞāĻŋāϞāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž

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

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

padded
padder
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