pad

Meaning

Noun

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.

Verb

1. To stuff.
2. To furnish with a pad or padding.
3. To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
4. To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
5. To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

Verb

1. To travel along (a road, path etc.).
2. To travel on foot.
3. To wear a path by walking.
4. To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
5. (obsolete) To practise highway robbery.

Intj

Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

Concepts

pad

cushion

bolster

stuff

tablet

block

padding

mat

pillow

fill out

wad

mattress

filling

pack

shim

backing

blow up

embellish

footslog

digs

launch pad

launching pad

launchpad

inkpad

pad of paper

fill

upholster

paw

wadding

filler

refill

support

foot

march

panel

walk

aggrandise

aggrandize

dramatise

dramatize

embroider

lard

plod

slog

tramp

trudge

diggings

domiciliation

lodgings

launch area

inking pad

stamp pad

bed

gasket

washer

lining

underlay

cushioning

stuffing

fingertip

line

cover inside

cover over

memorandum

note paper

parade

apartment

folder

sheets

batting

plug

pace

toddle

anything wrapped round

roll

footprint

padded cell

expand

follow

pursue

chase

puff

sketch-book

stash

plaster

scuff

Notepad

jotter

chock

clog

cram

engorge

glut

overstuff

hike

treaty

stow

fixed attenuator

stationary attenuator

bearer

annular packing

carrier ring

clout

cushion ring

dump

filler ring

filling-in ring

grommet

insert ring

insertion ring

joint-packing

packing collar

sliding plate ring

backup plate

filler piece

filling piece

packing

shim block

spacer strip

implant

infix

inlay

insert

intercalate

interpolate

interpose

interposition

intervene

run in

beam pad

template

buffer

bumper

diaper

pod

base

foundation

sole

abode

place

color

colour

euphemise

glorify

prettify

romanticise

sugarcoat

sweeten

tinsel

window-dress

weapons platform

hatch

scuttle

trap door

window

magnify

overstate

billow

traipse

wade

centre

dressing

falsie

bed pillow

put under

mount

insulate

build up

sack

swab

crib

tip

drip mat

table mat

underlie

plate

leg

limb

ink pad

seal

stamp

tablet PC

tablet computer

pincushion

sanitary towel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pæd/

Etymology

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.