Definitions for pad
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pad, pad of paper, tabletnoun

   a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

2. padnoun

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

3. pad, inkpad, inking pad, stamp padnoun

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

4. padnoun

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

5. launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, padnoun

   a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

6. diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, padnoun

   temporary living quarters

7. padverb

   the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger

8. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatiseverb

   add details to

9. slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, trampverb

   walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

   "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"

10. pad, fill outverb

    line or stuff with soft material

    "pad a bra"

11. pad, bolsterverb

    add padding to

    "pad the seat of the chair"

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1. Padnoun

   A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them; also, the list of such officers receiving such a bribe.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. padnoun

   The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

2. Etymology: From or pat.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PADnoun

   Etymology: from paad , Sax. whence likewise path, or paað .

   1. The road; a foot path.

   We have seen this to be the discipline of the state, as well as of the pad. Roger L'Estrange.

   The squire of the pad and the knight of the post,
   Find their pains no more baulk’d, and their hopes no more crost. Matthew Prior.

   2. An easy paced horse.

   Let him walk a foot with his pad in his hand; but let not them be accounted no poets who mount and shew their horsemanship. John Dryden, Juvenal. Ded. to.

   A grey pad is kept in the stable with great care, out of regard to his past services. Addison.

   I would have set you on an easier pad, and relieved the wandering knight with a night’s lodging. Alexander Pope, Letters.

   3. A robber that infests the roads on foot.4. A low soft saddle: properly a saddle or bolster stuffed with straw. [ Pajado, Spanish, of paja, straw.]

   Tremellius was called scropha or sow, because he hid his neighbour’s sow under a pad, and commanded his wife to lie thereon; he sware that he had no sow but the great sow that lay there, pointing to the pad and the sow his wife. William Camden.

   We shall not need to say what lack
   Of leather was upon his back;
   For that was hidden under pad. Hudibras, p. i.

2. To Padverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To travel gently.2. To rob on foot.3. To beat a way smooth and level.

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1. pad

   A pad can refer to various objects, but generally, it is a cushioned or protective piece of material used for a range of purposes. It can be a soft, thick mat or cushion used for sitting, kneeling, or sleeping, often made of foam or fabric. Additionally, "pad" can also describe a protective layer or covering used to soften a blow, reduce friction, or prevent damage. In a different context, a pad can refer to a flat or compacted area of land, such as a landing area for aircraft or a concrete surface for playing sports. Furthermore, "pad" is commonly used to refer to a small device, often portable, used for writing, drawing, or controlling electronic devices, such as a mouse pad or touchpad.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Padnoun

   a footpath; a road

2. Padnoun

   an easy-paced horse; a padnag

3. Padnoun

   a robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad

4. Padnoun

   the act of robbing on the highway

5. Padverb

   to travel upon foot; to tread

6. Padverb

   to travel heavily or slowly

7. Padverb

   to rob on foot

8. Padverb

   to wear a path by walking

9. Padnoun

   a soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing

10. Padnoun

    a kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper

11. Padnoun

    a cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame

12. Padnoun

    a stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising

13. Padnoun

    a cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals

14. Padnoun

    a floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant

15. Padnoun

    a soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc

16. Padnoun

    a piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck

17. Padnoun

    a measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles

18. Padverb

    to stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding

19. Padverb

    to imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth

20. Etymology: [Perh. akin to pod.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pad

   pad, n. a thief on the high-road (more commonly Footpad): (abbrev. from pad-horse) a horse for riding on the road: an easy-paced horse.—v.i. to walk on foot: to trudge along: to rob on foot:—pr.p. pad′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. pad′ded.—adj. Pad′-clink′ing, keeping company with thieves.—n. Pad′ding-ken, a low lodging-house inhabited by thieves.—Stand pad, to beg by the roadside. [Dut. pad, a path.]

2. Pad

   pad, n. anything stuffed with a soft material, to prevent friction or pressure, or for filling out: a soft saddle, cushion, &c.: a number of sheets of paper or other soft material fastened together for writing upon: the fleshy, thick-skinned under-surface of the toes of many animals, as the fox: a fox's foot generally: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant: (pl.) thick watered ribbon for watch-guards.—v.t. to stuff with anything soft: to fix colours in cloth:—pr.p. pad′ding; pa.t. and pa.p. pad′ded.—ns. Pad′-cloth, a cloth covering a horse's loins; Pad′der, one who pads or cushions; Pad′ding, the soft stuffing of a saddle, &c.: matter of less value introduced into a book or article in order to make it of the length desired: the process of mordanting a fabric; Pad′-el′ephant, a working elephant, distinguished from a war or hunting one; Pad′-sadd′le, a treeless, padded saddle; Pad′-tree, the wooden or metal frame to which harness-pads are attached. [A variant of pod, orig. sig. 'a bag.']

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. pad

   In ship-building, a piece of timber placed on the top of a beam at its middle part, in order to make up the curve or round of the deck.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. padnoun

   House, home, place where you live. "It's like that and its like this I took her to the pad and we started to kiss..." -- Eazy-E. (Gimme That Nutt).

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1. PAD

   Persistently and Acutely Disabled (legal term, usually used for psychiatric clients who are COT’d or Court Ordered for Treatmant)

   The patient in Bed #12 is PAD so will need placement in a group home.

   Etymology: persistently and acutely disabled

   
   

   Submitted by dstephensen on December 16, 2020  

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1. PAD

   What does PAD stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the PAD acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

EntomologyRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Pad

   the pulvillus, or that part of it which is capable of extension and retraction in some Coleoptera.

Matched Categories

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British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pad' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4308

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'pad' in Nouns Frequency: #2805

Anagrams for pad »

1. dap

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of pad in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of pad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of pad in a Sentence

1. Edward Abbey (Vox Clamans in Deserto):

   The only thing worse than a knee-jerk liberal is a knee-pad conservative.

2. Alexander Zakharchenko:

   While we still have time before the spring, new detachments will be able to receive military training, we expect mobilization to yield at least five additional brigades five motorized brigades, one artillery brigade and a tank brigade. The Ukrainian rearguard for the Debaltseve front in Artemivsk, the home of one of the country's best-selling sparkling wines, looks increasingly like a garrison town. Auto-mechanics and tire shops have seen a sharp pick-up in business repairing damaged vehicles brought in by soldiers. Abandoned Soviet-era plants have been converted into bases. The local stadium is used as a landing pad for helicopters ferrying out the wounded. Many troops are nervous, jumpy and ill-tempered. On Wednesday, a group of irregulars detained a group of international journalists in the center and threatened to escort them out of the town if they took pictures of military equipment. The cannonades are fainter in Artemivsk, but they can still be heard. The significance of that is lost on few.

3. Hollie Savitt:

   It was the sweetest pad, it was pretty unreal for us in our early 20s staying in a hotel that nice.

4. Andy Baker:

   We could put a t-shirt on 20 people in a ward and a clinician can walk in with an i-Pad and see all 20 heart rates.

5. Ryan Hartman:

   I was just trying to shoot low on the far pad. I think he was surprised with how early I shot it.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pad
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=pad
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Pad
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=pad
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pad
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=pad
8. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=pad
9. ^ Entomology
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/22748/22748-h/22748-h.htm#:~:text=pad