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padded
pad 1 P0007300 (păd)n.1. a. A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.b. Sports A piece of equipment consisting of shaped cushioning material often attached to a hard outer surface and worn to protect against blows, collisions, or shots.2. A flexible saddle without a frame.3. An ink-soaked cushion used to ink a rubber stamp.4. A number of sheets of paper of the same size stacked one on top of the other and glued together at one end; a tablet.5. a. The broad floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as a water lily.b. The flattened fleshy stem of a cactus such as a prickly pear. Also called paddle1.6. a. The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.b. The cushionlike flesh on the underside of the toes and feet of many animals.c. The foot of such an animal.7. a. A launch pad.b. A helipad.8. a. A keypad.b. A touchpad.9. Slang One's living quarters, especially an apartment.tr.v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads 1. To line or stuff with soft material.2. To lengthen or increase, especially with extraneous or false information: pad a lecture with jokes; pad an expense account.
[Origin unknown.]
pad′less adj.
pad 2 P0007300 (păd)v. pad·ded, pad·ding, pads v.intr.1. To go about on foot.2. To move or walk about almost inaudibly.v.tr. To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town.n.1. A muffled sound resembling that of soft footsteps.2. A horse with a plodding gait.
[Early Modern English, probably from Middle Low German *padden (modern Low German padden), from pat, pad-, path; see pent- in Indo-European roots. Sense 2, probably partly also imitative of footsteps.]
pad′der n.padded (ˈpædɪd) adjlined, stuffed, or filled out with soft material, esp in order to protect or give shape toThesaurus| Adj. | 1. |  padded - softened by the addition of cushions or paddingcushioned, cushionysoft - yielding readily to pressure or weight |
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padded
padded1. Having a surplus of body fat. Good thing my but is so well padded, or I could have done some serious damage to myself when I fell off my bike!2. Inflated with additional or excessive things. You can tell the movie was padded to get it to a 90-minute run time. It looked like the bill had been padded with a bunch of bogus administrative charges.See also: padpadded mod. plump or fat. He didn’t hurt himself when he fell down. He’s well padded there. See also: padEncyclopediaSeepadFinancialSeePADpadded
Related to padded: padded bra, well paddedSynonyms for paddedadj softened by the addition of cushions or paddingSynonymsRelated Words |