Pad

English Meaning

A footpath; a road.

1. A thin, cushionlike mass of soft material used to fill, to give shape, or to protect against jarring, scraping, or other injury.
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. The broad floating leaf of an aquatic plant such as the water lily.
6. The flattened fleshy stem of a cactus such as certain varieties of prickly pear. Also called paddle1.
7. The cushionlike flesh on the underpart of the toes and feet of many animals.
8. The foot of such an animal.
9. The fleshy underside of the end of a finger or toe.
10. A launch pad.
11. A helipad.
12. A keypad.
13. Slang One's apartment or room.
14. To line or stuff with soft material.
15. To lengthen or increase, especially with extraneous or false information: pad a lecture with jokes; pad an expense account.
16. on the pad Slang Taking bribes.
17. To go about on foot.
18. To move or walk about almost inaudibly.
19. To go along (a route) on foot: padding the long road into town.
20. A muffled sound resembling that of soft footsteps.
21. A horse with a plodding gait.