English Explanatory Dictionary

pad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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 soft area on the ends of a digit:
  5. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.
  6. The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
  7. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
  8. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
  9. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
  10. A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
  11. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
  12. A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
verb
  1. To stuff.
  2. To furnish with a pad or padding.
  3. To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
  4. To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
  5. To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
  6. To walk with soft steps.
noun
  1. A toad.
noun
  1. A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
  2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
  3. A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
  4. A tramp or itinerant musician.
noun
  1. A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
verb
  1. To travel along (a road, path etc.).
  2. To travel on foot.
  3. To wear a path by walking.
  4. To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
  5. To practise highway robbery.
intj
  1. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
noun
  1. The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
noun
  1. Initialism of peripheral artery disease.

Pronunciation

/pæd/ en-au-pad.ogg /ˌpi.eɪˈdi/

Word forms

pad pads padding padded padde

Etymology

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on". Unknown, and unclear all senses have common etymology. For sense "ends of a digit", cf. Low German or West Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.

Synonyms

palp pulp helipad synth pad

Related words

pad kee mao pad see ew pad see ewe pad se ew pad se ewe pad thai pad woon sen ASCVD

Derived words

bachelor pad back-pad barbell pad bar pad bat-pad batting pad bed pad Bichat's fat pad blotting pad booster pad boost pad brake pad breast pad brillo pad butt pad cattle pad changing pad chestpad cloth pad control pad crash pad dance pad datapad desk pad digital pad directional pad D-pad earpad fanny pad fat pad fat pad sign filter pad finger pad foot pad foot-pad frolic pad fuckpad gamepad gunpad hardpad heel pad syndrome highpad hip thrust pad Hoffa's fat pad ink-pad ink pad iPad ironing pad joypad keypad knee pad knee-pad launchpad launch pad legal pad lily pad mama pad mattress pad maxi-pad maxipad
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