What does PAD mean?

Definitions for PAD
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Princeton's WordNet

  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"

GCIDE

  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.

Wiktionary

  1. padnoun

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

  2. Etymology: From or pat.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. PADnoun

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

    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.

    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.

    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.

ChatGPT

  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 Dictionary

  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 Dictionary

  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 Terms

  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 Dictionary

  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).

Editors Contribution

  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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Entomology

  1. Pad

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

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

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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. Zach Galifianakis:

    It’s been a real launching pad for whites, you have'Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.' James Corden has' Carpool Karaoke.' What’s next in lazy car-based, non-comedy ?

  2. Krista Jenkins:

    New Jersey may have a head start ... but other states will soon be looking to pad their budgets.

  3. Martha MacCallum:

    Michael Wolff, you may not care to know the facts, but I do, so, here they are : I wrote my questions on a legal pad, the old-fashioned way, on the way to D.C. in a car. No one from the White House -- or, for that matter, from Fox -- weighed in on my interview at all, period.

  4. Omar Sharmarke:

    There is a corridor they use as a launching pad, there are efforts to close down this corridor which they have been using for the last few years.

  5. Mike Sarafin:

    We agreed on what was called option one, which was to operationally change the loading procedure and start our engine chill down earlier. We also agreed to do some work at the pad to address the leak that we saw at the hydrogen tail service mask umbilical.

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Translations for PAD

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  • Unterlage, PolsterGerman
  • blocSpanish
  • polkuantura, tyyny, kenttä, luukku, tassutus, käpälä, jatkojohto, näppäimistö, lehtiö, tassu, punkka, tyynysatula, läpivärjätä, pehmuste, topata, pehmustaa, tallata, tassutella, antura, paikata, paisutella, suurennellaFinnish
  • pavé numérique, pieu, piaule, rembourrer, paddock, clavier, taule, coussinet, plumard, bloc, tampon, plumeFrench
  • torsello, cercineItalian
  • パッド, 肉球Japanese
  • paretua, whakapuruMāori
  • hjem, pute, blokkNorwegian
  • blocoPortuguese
  • подушечка, прокладка, подкладкаRussian
  • landningsplats, krypin, helikopterlandningsplats, kvart, binge, tass, block, lya, trampdyna, tassandeSwedish
  • เบาะThai

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