pad

Meaning

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 soft area on the ends of a digit:
6. A soft area on the ends of a digit:
7. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
8. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
9. A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
10. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
11. A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
12. 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.
13. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
14. Ellipsis of keypad.
15. Ellipsis of mouse pad.
16. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
17. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
18. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
19. A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
20. (slang) A bed.
21. (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
22. (slang) A prison cell.
23. A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
24. The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
25. A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

cushion

pad of paper

launching pad

inking pad

launch area

put under

cover over

sketch-book

Notepad

cover inside

padded cell

weapons platform

anything wrapped round

bed pillow

drip mat

euphemise

carrier ring

filler ring

joint-packing

tablet computer

insertion ring

fixed attenuator

filling piece

tablet PC

insert ring

stationary attenuator

packing collar

annular packing

filling-in ring

cushion ring

sliding plate ring

shim block

filler piece

spacer strip

backup plate

beam pad

note paper

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pæd/

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", probably from 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.