pad
/pæd/ verb C2- To stuff.
- To furnish with a pad or padding.
- To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler. · The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.· pad one's expenses
- To imbue uniformly with a mordant. · to pad cloth
- To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- To walk with soft steps. · pad down the corridor
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
From the library
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.
Other matches
- pad A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or li... B2
- pad To travel along 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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