pad
IPA: pˈæd
noun
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- A soft area on the ends of a digit:
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
- (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
- A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- (music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- (US, slang) A bed.
- (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
- (UK, slang) A prison cell.
- (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
- (Britain, dialectal) A toad.
- (Britain dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- (Britain, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
- (Britain, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.
- (Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
- Ellipsis of keypad. [A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.]
- Ellipsis of mouse pad. [(US, Australia, computing) A pad with surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse.]
- (pathology) Initialism of peripheral artery disease.
verb
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
Examples of "pad" in Sentences
- The vehicle when it leaves the pad is an integrated spacecraft.
- Which means that it will get even heavier (when getting it off the pad is a grey area even now).
- Out of doors something made a circuit of the cabin, like a beast of the night, stealthy footsteps muffled by the snow: _pad -- pad -- pad_ ....
- Thai dish -- pad is Thai for stir-fry -- consists of rice noodles, tofu, shrimp, crushed peanuts, fish sauce, bean sprouts, eggs, garlic and chiles.
- Do not cut all the way through to the narrow end (the thicker part where the pad is attached to the main plant) but leave approximately 1 1/2 uncut.
- For a short period during which you might have counted six, there was nothing heard but the rustle of the men's movements and the _pad, pad, pad_ of their bare feet upon the deck.
- When I complained, he informed me first that he really didn't work on shotguns (he was a rifle guy), and then that "scratches like those little ones" were "normal" when a pad is added.