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PAD

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Irregular inflected forms: padded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, padding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's fingerplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing and its construction and arrangement)

Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):

paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)

finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))

Derivation:

pad (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Temporary living quartersplay

Synonyms:

diggings; digs; domiciliation; lodgings; pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A platform from which rockets or space craft are launchedplay

Synonyms:

launch area; launch pad; launching pad; launchpad; pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

platform (a raised horizontal surface)

Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):

launching site (a place for launching pads)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfortplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

cushioning; padding (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):

skin patch; transdermal patch (a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream)

hot pad; table mat (a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table)

Kotex; sanitary napkin; sanitary towel (a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow)

rat (a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure)

powderpuff; puff (a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin)

potholder (an insulated pad for holding hot pots)

plastron (a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest)

panel (a soft pad placed under a saddle)

mattress pad (a protective pad over a mattress to protect it)

mattress (a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed)

mat (a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it)

cleaning pad (a pad used as a cleaning implement)

carpet pad; rug pad; underlay; underlayment (a pad placed under a carpet)

Derivation:

pad (add padding to)

pad (line or stuff with soft material)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stampplay

Synonyms:

inking pad; inkpad; pad; stamp pad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))

Sense 6

Meaning:

The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):

lily pad (floating leaves of a water lily)

Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):

aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)

Sense 7

Meaning:

A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edgeplay

Synonyms:

pad; pad of paper; tablet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):

paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):

message pad; writing pad (a pad of paper on which messages can be written)

notepad (a pad of paper for keeping notes)

 II. (verb) 

Verb forms

Present simple: I / you / we / they pad  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it pads  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past simple: padded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Past participle: padded  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

-ing form: padding  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

Sense 1

Meaning:

Add padding toplay

Example:

pad the seat of the chair

Synonyms:

bolster; pad

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):

fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

pad (a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort)

padding (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Add details toplay

Synonyms:

aggrandise; aggrandize; blow up; dramatise; dramatize; embellish; embroider; lard; pad

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):

glorify (cause to seem more splendid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Line or stuff with soft materialplay

Example:

pad a bra

Synonyms:

fill out; pad

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):

stuff (cram into a cavity)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):

rat (give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

pad (a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort)

padding (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mudplay

Example:

Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone

Synonyms:

footslog; pad; plod; slog; tramp; trudge

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):

walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):

slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish (walk through mud or mire)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sentence example:

They pad up the hill


Derivation:

pad (the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A dosing unit equal to the amount of active ingredient(s) contained in a pad.

(Pad Dosing Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

A pad designed to fit onto the head of a piston.

(Piston Pad Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

The effects of the drug are prolonged when administered extra-luminary, potentially due to absorption in the perivascular fat-pad and subsequent slow release.

(Extraluminal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)

A mammary gland that did extend into the fat pad but not completely or did not respond to lactogenic hormones.

(Hypoplasia of the Mouse Mammary Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

The feet are furry and have tough pads.

(Alaskan Malamute, NCI Thesaurus)

Wearing shoes that fit better or using non-medicated pads may help.

(Corns and Calluses, NIH: National Institute on Aging)

Instead of breast reconstruction, you could choose to wear a breast form that replaces the breast, wear padding inside your bra, or do nothing.

(Breast Reconstruction, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A barrier garment or padding used to absorb urine and stool, thereby helping to protect the skin and keep clothing and bedding clean.

(Diaper, NCI Thesaurus)

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.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His padded hands were so clumsy and the nuts were so small that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)




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