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pad
1[ pad ]
noun
- a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.
- a soft, stuffed cushion used as a saddle; a padded leather saddle without a tree.
- a number of sheets of paper glued or otherwise held together at one edge to form a tablet.
- a soft, ink-soaked block of absorbent material for inking a rubber stamp.
- Anatomy, Zoology. any fleshy mass of tissue that cushions a weight-bearing part of the body, as on the underside of a paw.
- the foot, as of a fox, hare, or wolf.
- a piece or fold of gauze or other absorbent material for use as a surgical dressing or a protective covering.
- Zoology. a pulvillus, as on the tarsus or foot of an insect.
- a lily pad.
- Rocketry. launch pad ( def 1 ).
- Slang.
- one's living quarters, as an apartment or room.
- one's bed.
- a room where people gather to take narcotics; an addicts' den.
- Slang.
- money paid as a bribe to and shared among police officers, as for ignoring law violations.
- a list of police officers receiving such money.
- Electricity. a nonadjustable attenuator consisting of a network of fixed resistors.
- Shipbuilding.
- a metal plate riveted or welded to a surface as a base or attachment for bolts, hooks, eyes, etc.
- a piece of wood laid on the back of a deck beam to give the deck surface a desired amount of camber.
- Carpentry.
- a handle for holding various small, interchangeable saw blades.
- Metallurgy. a raised surface on a casting.
- a small deposit of weld metal, as for building up a worn surface.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish, protect, fill out, or stuff with a pad or padding.
- to expand or add to unnecessarily or dishonestly:
to pad a speech; to pad an expense account.
- Metallurgy. to add metal to (a casting) above its required dimensions, to insure the flow of enough metal to all parts.
verb (used without object)
- to insure the proper forging of a piece.
pad
2[ pad ]
noun
- a dull, muffled sound, as of footsteps on the ground.
- a road horse, as distinguished from a hunting or working horse.
- a highwayman.
- British Dialect. a path, lane, or road.
verb (used with object)
- to travel along on foot.
- to beat down by treading.
verb (used without object)
- to travel on foot; walk.
- to walk so that one's footsteps make a dull, muffled sound.
PaD
3abbreviation for
pad
1/ 辫忙诲 /
noun
- a thick piece of soft material used to make something comfortable, give it shape, or protect it
- a guard made of flexible resilient material worn in various sports to protect parts of the body
- Also calledstamp padink pad a block of firm absorbent material soaked with ink for transferring to a rubber stamp
- Also callednotepadwriting pad a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a flat piece of stiff material used to back a piece of blotting paper
- the fleshy cushion-like underpart of the foot of a cat, dog, etc
- any of the parts constituting such a structure
- any of various level surfaces or flat-topped structures, such as a launch pad
- entomol a nontechnical name for pulvillus
- the large flat floating leaf of the water lily
- electronics a resistive attenuator network inserted in the path of a signal to reduce amplitude or to match one circuit to another
- slang.a person's residence
- slang.a bed or bedroom
verb
- to line, stuff, or fill out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape to
- often foll by out to inflate with irrelevant or false information
to pad out a story
pad
2/ 辫忙诲 /
verb
- intr; often foll by along, up, etc to walk with a soft or muffled tread
- whenintr, often foll by around to travel (a route) on foot, esp at a slow pace; tramp
to pad around the country
noun
- a dull soft sound, esp of footsteps
- archaic.short for footpad
- archaic.a slow-paced horse; nag
- a path or track
a cattle pad
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pad1
Origin of pad2
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of pad1
Origin of pad2
Idioms and Phrases
- on the pad, Slang. (of a police officer) receiving a bribe, especially on a regular basis.
Example Sentences
My parents, now retired in Brazil, had me bring various things from L.A.: headphones, soft toothbrushes, hair dryers, sleeping pills, heating pads, slippers, nasal sprays, art books, cashmere sweaters.
Armchair belts are often single straps of padded material which fit around the lower torso of the person using it while they are sitting upright, with the aim of holding them in place.
"It means he can play and he has that extra padding to protect him and reduce the friction," she said.
The New Shepard rocket is designed to be fully reusable and its booster returns to the launch pad for vertical landings after each flight, reducing overall costs.
"A calming room should be a room for children to calm down with blankets, teddies and soft lighting. Not a padded cell. You wouldn't put an animal in there."
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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