pad

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Etymology 1

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", possibly from Low Saxon or Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”).

Noun

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. A sanitary napkin.
  10. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
  11. (cricket) a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
  12. 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.
  13. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
  14. A keypad.
  15. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
  16. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
  17. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
  18. (US, slang) A bed.
  19. (colloquial) A place of residence.
  20. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
Translations
flattened mass of anything soft
  • Norwegian: pute no(no) m. and f.
cushion used as saddle
  • Finnish: tyynysatula fi(fi)
soft or small cushion
  • Norwegian: pute no(no) m. and f.
cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals
  • Swedish: trampdyna sv(sv) c.
animal's foot or paw
  • Swedish: tass sv(sv) c.
any cushion-like part of human body
stuffed guard or protection
soft bag or cushion
floating leaf of a water plant
cricket: batsman's leg pad
block of paper
  • Portuguese: bloco pt(pt)
  • Spanish: bloc es(es) m.
  • Swedish: block sv(sv) n.
panel or strip of material sensitive to pressure or touch
keypad
  • French: pavé numérique fr(fr) m., clavier fr(fr) m. (de téléphone)
flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched
  • Swedish: helikopterlandningsplats sv(sv) c., landningsplats sv(sv) c.
electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket
music: effect produced by sustained lower reed notes
slang: bed
  • Swedish: binge sv(sv) c.
colloquial: place of residence
  • Norwegian: hjem no(no) n.
Derived terms

Verb

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
figuratively: to fill or lengthen
to imbue uniformly with a mordant

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

pad (plural pads)

  1. (UK, dialectal) A toad.

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