See also pád

Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.1.2 Derived terms 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 1.4 Etymology 3 1.4.1 Noun 1.5 Etymology 4 1.5.1 Noun 1.6 Etymology 5 1.6.1 Verb 1.6.1.1 Translations 1.7 Etymology 6 1.7.1 Interjection 1.7.1.1 Translations 1.7.2 Noun 1.7.2.1 Translations 2 Croatian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Noun 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 Hungarian 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Noun 4.3.1 Declension 4.3.2 Derived terms 5 Swedish 5.1 Abbreviation

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæd/, SAMPA: /p{d/
• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps related to wad or inversely to a pad's lily pad?

Noun

Singular pad

Plural pads

pad (plural pads)

1. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
2. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
3. A soft, or small, cushion.
4. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
5. An animal's foot or paw.
6. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
7. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
8. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
9. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
10. (cricket) a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
11. 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.
12. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
13. A keypad.
14. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
15. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
16. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
17. (US, slang) A bed.
18. (colloquial) A place of residence.
19. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.

Translations

flattened mass of anything soft

Finnish: pehmuste fi(fi), tyyny fi(fi)

Norwegian: pute no(no) m. and f.

cushion used as saddle

Finnish: tyynysatula fi(fi)

French: coussinet fr(fr) m.

soft or small cushion

Finnish: tyyny fi(fi)

Norwegian: pute no(no) m. and f.

cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals

Finnish: antura fi(fi), polkuantura fi(fi)

French: coussinet fr(fr)

animal's foot or paw

Finnish: tassu fi(fi), käpälä fi(fi)

any cushion-like part of human body stuffed guard or protection

Finnish: pehmuste fi(fi)

soft bag or cushion

Finnish: antura fi(fi), tyyny fi(fi)

floating leaf of a water plant cricket: batsman's leg pad

Finnish: pehmuste fi(fi)

block of paper

Finnish: lehtiö fi(fi) French: bloc fr(fr)

Norwegian: blokk no(no) m. and f. Spanish: bloc es(es) m.

panel or strip of material sensitive to pressure or touch keypad

Finnish: näppäimistö fi(fi)

flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched

Finnish: kenttä fi(fi)

electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket

Finnish: jatkojohto fi(fi)

music: effect produced by sustained lower reed notes slang: bed

Finnish: punkka fi(fi)

Norwegian: seng no(no) m. and f.

colloquial: place of residence

Finnish: luukku fi(fi)

Norwegian: hjem no(no) n.

Derived terms

gamepad joypad keypad

launchpad mousepad notepad

touchpad trackpad

Verb

Infinitive to pad

Third person singular pads

Simple past padded

Past participle padded

Present participle padding

to pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)

1. (transitive) To stuff.
2. (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
3. (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).

   The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.

   "Obama pads delegate lead ... with win in key western state." Austin American-Statesman newspaper, May 21, 2008.

4. (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.

   to pad cloth

5. (transitive, cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

Translations

to stuff — see stuff to furnish with a pad or padding

Finnish: pehmustaa fi(fi), topata fi(fi)

figuratively: to fill or lengthen

Finnish: suurennella, paisutella, paikata

to imbue uniformly with a mordant

Finnish: läpivärjätä fi(fi)

Etymology 2

Precise etymology unknown; probably existed (though unattested) in Old English. Cognate with Dutch pad, dialectal German Padde, Swedish padda, Danish padde, and possibly ancestor to the pad-like English paddle.

Noun

Singular pad

Plural pads

pad (plural pads)

1. (British, dialectal) A toad.

Etymology 3

From Dutch pad or Middle Low German pat ‘path’.

Noun

Singular pad

Plural pads

pad (plural pads)

1. (British, dialectal, Australian, Irish) A footpath; a road or track.
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
3. (British, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.

Etymology 4

Perhaps an alteration of ped.

Noun

Singular pad

Plural pads

pad (plural pads)

1. (British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.

Etymology 5

Probably partly from Middle Low German, partly imitative.

Verb

Infinitive to pad

Third person singular pads

Simple past padded

Past participle padded

Present participle padding

to pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)

1. (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
2. (intransitive) To travel on foot.
3. (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
4. (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
5. (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.

Translations

to travel along sthg

Finnish: kulkea jotakin pitkin

to travel on foot

Finnish: tallata fi(fi)

to wear a path by walking

Finnish: tallata fi(fi)

to walk softly, quietly or steadily

Finnish: tassutella

Etymology 6

Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above.

Interjection

pad

1. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

   I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.

Translations

indicating soft footsteps

Finnish: tassun, tissun-tassun

Noun

Singular pad

Plural uncountable

pad (uncountable)

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

Translations

sound of soft footsteps

Finnish: tassutus

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Croatian

Noun

pad m (plural padovi)

1. fall

Declension

declension of pad

	singular	plural
nominative	pad	padovi
genitive	pada	padova
dative	padu	padovima
accusative	pad	padove
vocative	pade	padovi
locative	padu	padovima
instrumental	padom	padovima

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• audio^{help, file}

Noun

pad f. (plural padden, diminutive padje, diminutive plural padjes)

1. toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)

Noun

pad n. (plural paden, diminutive paadje, diminutive plural paadjes)

1. path (narrow road, usually unpaved)

Derived terms

• modderpad

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavonic language, compare Croatian pod.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɒd/, SAMPA: /"pQd/

Noun

pad (plural padok)

1. bench

Declension

declension of pad singular plural nominative pad padok accusative padot padokat dative padnak padoknak instrumental paddal padokkal causal-final padért padokért translative paddá padokká terminative padig padokig essive-formal padként padokként essive-modal - - inessive padban padokban superessive padon padokon adessive padnál padoknál illative padba padokba sublative padra padokra allative padhoz padokhoz elative padból padokból delative padról padokról ablative padtól padoktól

possessives of pad possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. padom padjaim 2nd person sing. padod padjaid 3rd person sing. padja padjai 1st person plural padunk padjaink 2nd person plural padotok padjaitok 3rd person plural padjuk padjaik

Derived terms

• futópad
• ülőpad
• színpad
• zongorapad

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Abbreviation

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1. histopathology

 

 

 

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