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Definition & Meaning of "pad"in English

to pad
01

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
Examples
To protect the fragile items during shipping, they chose to pad the boxes with bubble wrap. 
02

to add extraneous content to artificially increase the length of material without adding significant substance 

Transitive: to pad content
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
pad
3rd person singular
pads
Present participle
padding
Past simple
padded
Past participle
padded
Examples
The student padded his essay with irrelevant anecdotes to meet the word count requirement. 
03

to add extra material to something to increase its size, thickness, or volume 

Transitive: to pad sth with extra material
Examples
She padded the envelope with extra sheets of paper to prevent the contents from bending. 
04

to walk quietly, softly, or slowly, often with a gentle, muffled sound 

Intransitive: to pad somewhere
Examples
The cat padded silently across the room, its pawsteps barely audible. 
05

to cover or line parts of a boat with soft material to protect it or make it more comfortable 

Examples
They padded the canoe's seats to make long trips more comfortable. 
Pad
01

the soft part under the foot of an animal or a human finger 

Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
pads
02

a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge 

03

a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort 

04

a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched 

05

temporary living quarters 

06

a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp 

07

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

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