Pad

• POS: Noun, Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

Pad, n. [D. pad. Path.].

•  A footpath; a road.  [1913 Webster]
•  An easy-paced horse; a padnag.  Addison  [1913 Webster]

  "An abbot on an ambling pad."  [1913 Webster]
•  A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.  Gay. Byron.  [1913 Webster]
•  The act of robbing on the highway.  [1913 Webster]

Pad, v. t. 

 To travel upon foot; to tread.  [1913 Webster]
"Padding the streets for half a crown."  [1913 Webster]

Pad, v. i. 

•  To travel heavily or slowly.  Bunyan.  [1913 Webster]
•  To rob on foot.  Cotton Mather.  [1913 Webster]
•  To wear a path by walking.  [1913 Webster]

Pad, n. [Perh. akin to pod.].

•  A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.  [1913 Webster]
•  A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.  [1913 Webster]
•  A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.  [1913 Webster]
•  A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.  [1913 Webster]
•  A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.  [1913 Webster]
•  A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.  W. C. Russel.  [1913 Webster]
•  A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.  Simmonds.  [1913 Webster]
•  A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game.  [PJC]
•  A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them;  [PJC]

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.

Pad, v. t. 

•  To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.  [1913 Webster]
•  To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.  Ure.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Pad, n. & v.
--n.
1 a piece of soft material used to reduce friction or jarring, fill out hollows, hold or absorb liquid, etc.
2 a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, for writing or drawing on.
3 = ink-pad.
4 the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger.
5 a guard for the leg and ankle in sports.
6 a flat surface for helicopter take-off or rocket-launching.
7 colloq. a lodging, esp. a bedsitter or flat.
8 the floating leaf of a water lily.
--v.tr. (padded, padding)
1 provide with a pad or padding; stuff.
2 (foll. by out) lengthen or fill out (a book etc.) with unnecessary material.

Idiom

padded cell a room with padded walls in a mental hospital.

Pad, v. & n.
--v. (padded, padding)
1 intr. walk with a soft dull steady step.
2 a tr. tramp along (a road etc.) on foot. b intr. travel on foot.
--n. the sound of soft steady steps.

Etymology

LG padden tread, pad PATH

THESAURUS

Pad

Domesday Book, abate, abiding place, abode, account book, address, address book, adversaria, aegis, air mattress, album, allay, alleviate, ambler, ambulate, anesthetize, ankle, annual, appease, appointment calendar, appointment schedule, arch, arm guard, assuage, backstop, barrier, battologize, bedding, benumb, blankbook, blotter, bolster, boss, brattice, brim, buffer, buffer state, bulkhead, bulwark, bump, bumper, calendar, cantonment, cashbook, catalog, ceil, charge, chatter, chink, chock, circumambulate, classified catalog, click, clink, cloison, clop, clubfoot, clump, clunk, cob, collision mat, colophon, commonplace book, concavity, congest, contraceptive, convexity, copyright, court calendar, cram, crash helmet, crash pad, crawl, creep, crib, crowd, crump, cushion, dactylogram, dactylograph, dashboard, daybook, deaden, deaden the pain, dent, desk calendar, diaphragm, diary, digit, diminish, dint, diptych, dissepiment, dividing line, dividing wall, division, docket, dodger, dog, domicile, domus, drag out, draw out, dull, dull thud, dwelling, dwelling place, ease, ease matters, embellish, embossment, engagement book, exaggerate, excrescence, extend, extremity, face, face mask, feather, fender, fetlock, fill, fill out, fill to overflowing, fill up, finger guard, fingerprint, flick, flump, foment, foot, foot guard, foot it, footmark, footprint, footstep, forefoot, forepaw, fossil footprint, freight, fudge, fur, fuse, gaited horse, galloper, give an encore, give relief, go on tiptoe, go over, go through, goggles, governor, grovel, guard, guardrail, gumshoe, habitation, hand guard, handrail, hard hat, harefoot, heel, helmet, high-stepper, hoof, hoof it, ichnite, ichnolite, impress, impression, imprint, inch, inch along, indent, indentation, indention, inlay, innerspring mattress, instep, insulation, interline, interlock, interseptum, iterate, jam, jam-pack, jaywalk, jog on, journal, knee guard, knuckle guard, lade, laminated glass, lay, ledger, leg, leg it, lessen, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor, lightning rod, line, litter, load, lodging, lodging place, lodgment, log, logbook, loose-leaf notebook, lull, lump, magnify, mask, mat, mattress, memo book, memorandum book, memory book, midriff, midsection, mitigate, mollify, mudguard, nest, never finish, nightwalk, nose guard, notebook, numb, overcharge, overdraw, overfill, overpaint, overstate, pace, pacer, pack, padding, padnag, palladium, pallet, palliate, panel, paries, partition, party wall, pastern, pat, patent, patte, patter, paw, paw print, pawmark, pedal extremity, pedes, pedestrianize, perambulate, peripateticate, perorate, pes, petty cashbook, pied, pillow, pilot, pimple, pitapat, pitter-patter, place, place to live, plump, plunk, pocket notebook, pocketbook, police blotter, pop, poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, practice, prancer, preventive, print, property line, prophylactic, protection, protective clothing, protective umbrella, protract, prowl, pug, pugmark, pussyfoot, racker, ram in, rap, reaffirm, reassert, recapitulate, recite, recount, reduce, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relieve, reprint, residence, restate, resume, retail, retell, review, reword, roof, rug, run out, run over, safeguard, safety, safety glass, safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch, safety valve, salve, satiate, saturate, say over, say over again, scrabble, scramble, scrapbook, scratch pad, screen, seal, seat, seat belt, separation, septulum, septum, shield, shin guard, shock pad, shuffle along, side-wheeler, sidle, sigil, signet, single-footer, slacken, slake, sleeping bag, slink, snake, sneak, soften, sole, soothe, speak at length, spin out, spiral notebook, splayfoot, springs, stamp, steal, steal along, step, stepper, stretch, stretch out, stride, string out, stud, stuff, stump it, stupe, subdue, sum up, summarize, sun helmet, supercharge, surfeit, table, tablet, tap, tautologize, thud, thumbmark, thumbprint, thump, tick, tinkle, tippytoe, tiptoe, toe, tootsy, top off, traipse, tread, triptych, trotter, tunk, umbrella, underbed, underbedding, ungula, vestige, wad, wainscot, walk, wall, weight, windscreen, windshield, workbook, worm, worm along, writing tablet, yearbook

ROGET THESAURUS

Pad

Abode

N abode, dwelling, lodging, domicile, residence, apartment, place, digs, pad, address, habitation, where one's lot is cast, local habitation, berth, diggings, seat, lap, sojourn, housing, quarters, headquarters, resiance, tabernacle, throne, ark, home, fatherland, country, homestead, homestall, fireside, hearth, hearth stone, chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side, harem, seraglio, zenana, household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile, native soil, native land, habitat, range, stamping ground, haunt, hangout, biosphere, environment, ecological niche, nest, nidus, snuggery, arbor, bower, lair, den, cave, hole, hiding place, cell, sanctum sanctorum, aerie, eyrie, eyry, rookery, hive, covert, resort, retreat, perch, roost, nidification, kala jagah, bivouac, camp, encampment, cantonment, castrametation, barrack, casemate, casern, tent, building, chamber, xenodochium, tenement, messuage, farm, farmhouse, grange, hacienda, toft, cot, cabin, hut, chalet, croft, shed, booth, stall, hovel, bothy, shanty, dugout, wigwam, pen, barn, bawn, kennel, sty, doghold, cote, coop, hutch, byre, cow house, cow shed, stable, dovecote, columbary, columbarium, shippen, igloo, iglu, jacal, lacustrine dwelling, lacuslake dwelling, lacuspile dwelling, log cabin, log house, shack, shebang, tepee, topek, house, mansion, place, villa, cottage, box, lodge, hermitage, rus in urbe, folly, rotunda, tower, chateau, castle, pavilion, hotel, court, manor-house, capital messuage, hall, palace, kiosk, bungalow, casa, country seat, apartment house, flat house, frame house, shingle house, tenement house, temple, hamlet, village, thorp, dorp, ham, kraal, borough, burgh, town, city, capital, metropolis, suburb, province, country, county town, county seat, courthouse, ghetto, street, place, terrace, parade, esplanade, alameda, board walk, embankment, road, row, lane, alley, court, quadrangle, quad, wynd, close, yard, passage, rents, buildings, mews, square, polygon, circus, crescent, mall, piazza, arcade, colonnade, peristyle, cloister, gardens, grove, residences, block of buildings, market place, place, plaza, anchorage, roadstead, roads, dock, basin, wharf, quay, port, harbor, quarter, parish, assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place, inn, hostel, hostelry, hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice, public house, pub, pot house, mug house, gin mill, gin palace, bar, bar room, barrel house, cabaret, chophouse, club, clubhouse, cookshop, dive, exchange, grill room, saloon, shebeen, coffee house, eating house, canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada, almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse, garden, park, pleasure ground, plaisance, demesne, cage, terrarium, doghouse, pen, aviary, barn, stall, zoo, urban, metropolitan, suburban, provincial, rural, rustic, domestic, cosmopolitan, palatial, eigner Hert ist goldes Werth, even cities have their graves, ubi libertas ibi patria, home sweet home.

Expansion

VB become larger &c (large), expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather, fill out, deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread, mantle, wax, grow up, spring up, bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth, gain flesh, gather flesh, outgrow, spread like wildfire, overrun, be larger than, surpass, render larger &c (large), expand, spread, extend, aggrandize, distend, develop, amplify, spread out, widen, magnify, rarefy, inflate, puff, blow up, stuff, pad, cram, exaggerate, fatten.

Lining

VB line, stuff, incrust, wad, pad, fill.

Carrier

N carrier, porter, bearer, tranter, conveyer, cargador, express, expressman, stevedore, coolie, conductor, locomotive, motor, beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer, racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse, ketch, Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie, garran, garron, jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding, bronco, broncho, cayuse, creature, critter, cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler, stud, Pegasus, Bucephalus, Rocinante, ass, donkey, jackass, mule, hinny, sumpter horse, sumpter mule, burro, cuddy, ladino, reindeer, camel, dromedary, llama, elephant, carrier pigeon, pallet, brace, cart, dolley, support, fork lift, carriage, ship, equine, asinine.