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pad

UK/pad/ US/ˌpi.eɪˈdi/ fairly common slang uk us
noun (7) verb (4)

noun

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2.

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

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a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched

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7.

the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal

verb

1.
2.

walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

  • “Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”
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3.

line or stuff with soft material

  • “pad a bra”
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4.

add padding to

  • “pad the seat of the chair”
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Origin

From Middle English pade, padde, from Old English padde, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Dutch pad, German Low German Pad (“toad”), dialectal German Padde, Danish padde, Swedish padda, Icelandic padda (“toad”), and possibly to English paddle. Doublet of pode

Phrases

  • bachelor pad
  • bar pad
  • barbell pad
  • batting pad
  • bed pad
  • Bichat's fat pad
  • blast pad
  • blotting pad
  • high pad
  • on the pad
  • pad the hoof
  • pad up

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