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PAD
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Irregular inflected forms: padded , padding
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
Classified under:
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 quarters
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 launched
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 comfort
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 stamp
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)
Classified under:
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 edge
Synonyms:
pad; pad of paper; tablet
Classified under:
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 ... he / she / it pads
Past simple: padded
Past participle: padded
-ing form: padding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Add padding to
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 to
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 material
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 mud
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)
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)
