From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
pad
n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
[syn: pad of paper, tablet]
2: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water
lily)
3: a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to
transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp [syn: inkpad,
inking pad, stamp pad]
4: a usually thin flat mass of padding
5: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
[syn: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, {launch
area}]
6: temporary living quarters [syn: diggings, digs,
domiciliation, lodgings]
7: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an
animal
v 1: add details to [syn: embroider, lard, embellish,
aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize,
dramatise]
2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
"Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn:
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, tramp]
3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: {fill
out}]
4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: bolster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pad \Pad\, v. t.
To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
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Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pad \Pad\, v. i.
1. To travel heavily or slowly. --Bunyan.
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2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather.
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3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pad \Pad\, n. [Perh. akin to pod.]
1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft;
stuffing.
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2. A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp.,
one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers
of blotting paper; a block of paper.
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3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs
of horses to prevent bruising.
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5. (Zool.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under
side of the toes of animals.
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6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support
a part, etc.
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8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve
of the deck. --W. C. Russel.
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9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a
basket of soles. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
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10. A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living
quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game.
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11. A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared
among them; also, the list of such officers receiving
such a bribe.
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Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing.
Pad saddle. See def. 3, above.
Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which
gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. --Knight.
on the pad, receiving bribes; -- of police officers.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.]
1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
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An abbot on an ambling pad. --Tennyson.
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3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
usually called a footpad. --Gay. --Byron.
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4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Padding.]
1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,
to pad cloth. --Ure.
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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 Sep 2003) [foldoc]:
PAD
Packet Assembler/Disassembler