pad

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

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] [also: padding, padded]

English

Pronunciation

• /pæd/
• Rhymes with: -æd

Etymology 1

Origin unknown; perhaps related to wad or inversely to a pad's lily pad?

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 cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
5. An animal's foot or paw.
6. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
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 floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
10. a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
11. 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.
12. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
13. A keypad.
14. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
15. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
16. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
17. In the context of "US|slang}} A bed.

wikt pad Pad or PAD can be either a word, an abbreviation or a three letter acronym.

Pad

• A Gamepad or joypad for a computer or console
• A paper tablet
• Part of an animal paw
• A bachelor pad
• An abbreviation for maxi pad, sanitary napkin (US), or "towel" (UK)
• Launch pad, in rocketry, the platform from which an orbital vehicle is launched
• Helipad, for helicopters
• One of the transliterations of the fourth syllable in the Buddhist "six syllable mantra Om mani padme hum

Protective gear

• Elbow pads
• Hip pads
• Knee pads
• Shoulder pads

Electronics

• In electronics manufacturing, a flat surface used to make electrical contact. A special case is bonding pads, to which components are soldered
• In audio and RF electronics, an attenuator
• Pressure pad, sensitive to pressure

Music

• Pad button, found on some mixing consoles, used for lowering input gain
• Synth pad, in electronic music, is a sound (timbre), which is a harmonic background sound
• electronic drum pad

Computing

• Word-processing programs such as Notepad and WordPad
• Mousepad, a pad/mat used in computing for a mouse
• Pad field, in networking, part of the ethernet frame that fills in the data field (if necessary) to ensure that it meets the minimum length (46 bytes)
• The PAD control character in the C1 control code set

PAD

wikt PAD

• Peripheral Artery Disease, a condition which causes poor circulation in the legs
• Pipe Acquisition Disorder, in tobacco pipe smoking
• Program Associated Data, usually data sent along with a high-definition radio program
• Packet Assembler/Disassembler, an X.29 network interface to a computer terminal
• Portable Application Description, a machine-readable document format for providing product descriptions and specifications
• Paderborn Lippstadt Airport's airport code
• Payphone Antifraud Device, an electronic circuit that monitors the telephone line connected to a payphone
• Poker After Dark a late night poker television program on NBC
• Peter Allen David, a comic book writer

See also

• Paden, a Dutch word for "pad" meaning "path"
• Padme
• One-time pad

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