pad¹ /pad/

1. Anything stuffed with a soft material, to prevent friction, pressure, or injury, for inking or for filling out, shaping, etc
2. A block of absorbent material that holds ink to be used on a stamping device
3. A soft saddle
4. A cushion
5. A number of sheets of paper or other soft material fastened together in a block
6. A guard shaped to protect different parts of the body in various sports, eg a leg-guard for cricketers
7. The fleshy, thick-skinned undersurface of the foot of many animals, such as the fox
8. The foot of an animal, esp of one traditionally hunted for sport
9. Its footprint
10. A water-lily leaf (N American)
11. (usu in pl) thick watered ribbon used for watchguards
12. A rocket-launching platform
13. A bed, room, or home, esp one's own (slang)
14. A device built into a road surface, operated by vehicles passing over it, controlling changes of traffic lights (vehicle-actuated signals) so as to give passage for a longer time to the greater stream of traffic

1. To stuff, cover, or fill out with anything soft
2. To furnish with padding
3. To increase an amount due to be paid by adding false charges
4. To track by footprints
5. To impregnate, eg with a mordant

paddˈer noun

paddˈing noun

1. Stuffing
2. Matter of less value introduced into a book or article in order to make it of the length desired
3. The process of mordanting a fabric

padˈ-cloth noun

A cloth covering a horse's loins

padded cell noun

A room with padded walls in a psychiatric hospital

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