pad
/pæd/ verb C2- To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- To travel on foot.
- To wear a path by walking.
- To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
He/she/it pads · Past padded · Past participle padded · -ing form padding
Verb forms
- Base form
- pad
- He/she/it
- pads
- Past
- padded
- Past participle
- padded
- -ing form
- padding
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket.
I rejoice, however, to perceive that he wrote with a broad-pointed quill pen, and I can hardly doubt that we will find some impression upon this blotting-pad.
I would constantly apologize to the instructor, feeling a burning sense of shame every time I tumbled clumsily onto my padded knees.
Other matches
- pad A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or li... B2
- pad To stuff. C2
- pad An easy-paced horse C2
- pad The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise... C2
- pad Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footst... C2
- pad down To spend the night somewhere.
- pad out To add something extra to something to make it ...
- pad up To put on batting pads preparatory to taking th...
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