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| pad [ pad ] |
noun (plural pads) |
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1. piece of soft material: a piece of soft material used to protect something or give it shape, to clean or polish articles, or to absorb moisture
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2. protective material worn by sports players: a specially shaped covering of impact-absorbing material used to protect part of the body, especially when playing a sport
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3. block of paper sheets: a number of sheets of paper of the same size fastened together along one edge
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4. ink-filled material: a thick firm piece of material saturated with ink onto which a rubber stamp is pressed so that ink is transferred to it
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5. area for taking off and landing: a place where a helicopter can land and take off or from which a rocket is launched
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6. sanitary napkin: a strip of absorbent material used externally during menstruation
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7. backing material: a firm backing or support for something that is laid on a surface
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8. fleshy cushion of animal's paw: a small rounded fleshy cushion on the underside of an animal's paw
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9. fleshy tip of finger or toe: the rounded fleshy part at the end of a human finger or toe
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10. living quarters: somebody's apartment or house
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dated slang
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11. botany floating leaf of water plant: the broad leaf of a plant such as a water lily that floats on the surface of the water
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12. electrical engineering set of resistors: a fixed configuration of resistors designed to reduce the strength of an electrical signal without distorting the signal itself
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13. computer games
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informal
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Same as joypad
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transitive verb (past and past participle pad·ded, present participle pad·ding, 3rd person present singular pads) |
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1. cover something with soft material: to use soft material to give something shape, to make it more comfortable, or to protect it
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2. add unnecessary material to something: to add unnecessary material to something, especially a piece of writing or a speech, in order to lengthen it
  padded out the speech with anecdotes
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3. inflate something by adding bogus expenses: to add extra charges to a bill or expense account to make it higher than it should be
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| [Mid-16th century. Probably < Low Dutch] |
