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Latest revision as of 04:00, 10 August 2013 English[edit] Wikipedia Pronunciation[edit] Etymology 1[edit] 1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", possibly, from Middle Low German or Dutch pad ("sole of the foot"). pad (plural pads) - A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- A sanitary napkin.
- (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
- 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.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- A keypad.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- (US, slang) A bed.
- (colloquial) A place of residence.
- (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- A mousepad.
Translations[edit] flattened mass of anything soft cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals any cushion-like part of human body stuffed guard or protection floating leaf of a water plant cricket: batsman's leg pad panel or strip of material sensitive to pressure or touch flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket music: effect produced by sustained lower reed notes colloquial: place of residence Derived terms[edit] pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded) - (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (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.
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- to pad cloth
- (transitive, cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
Derived terms[edit] Translations[edit] to furnish with a pad or padding figuratively: to fill or lengthen to imbue uniformly with a mordant Etymology 2[edit] Precise etymology unknown; probably existed (though unattested) in Old English. Possibly cognate with Dutch pad, dialectal German Padde, Swedish padda, Danish padde, and possibly ancestor to the pad-like English paddle. pad (plural pads) - (UK, dialectal) A toad.
Etymology 3[edit] From Dutch pad or Middle Low German pat ("path"). pad (plural pads) - (UK, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or umaintained; a road or track. See footpad.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- (UK, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
Etymology 4[edit] Perhaps an alteration of ped. pad (plural pads) - (UK, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
Etymology 5[edit] Probably partly from Middle Low German, partly imitative. pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded) - (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- Somerville
- Padding the streets for half a crown.
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out...
- (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
Translations[edit] to wear a path by walking to walk softly, quietly or steadily Etymology 6[edit] Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above. Interjection[edit] pad - Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
- I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.
Translations[edit] pad (uncountable) - The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
Translations[edit] Anagrams[edit]
Pronunciation[edit] pad f (plural padden, diminutive padje) - toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)
pad n (plural paden, diminutive paadje) - path (narrow road, usually unpaved)
Derived terms[edit]
Hungarian[edit] Etymology[edit] From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian pod. Pronunciation[edit] pad (plural padok) - bench
Declension[edit] Derived terms[edit]
pad - rafsi of pandi.
Serbo-Croatian[edit] Pronunciation[edit] pȃd m (Cyrillic spelling па̑д) - fall
Declension[edit] declension of pad | singular | plural |
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| nominative | pȃd | pádovi | | genitive | pada | padova | | dative | padu | padovima | | accusative | pad | padove | | vocative | pade | padovi | | locative | padu | padovima | | instrumental | padom | padovima |
Related terms[edit]
Volapük[edit] pad (plural pads) - page
Declension[edit] 
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