pad
pad - English
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pæd/
- Hyphenation: pad
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- A soft, or small, cushion.
- A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- Ellipsis of menstrual. or sanitary pad: a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
- (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball.
- 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.
- A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- Ellipsis of keypad.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end: "trip cord"
- The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
- A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
- Synonym: synth pad
- (US, slang) A bed.
- (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
- (UK, slang) A prison cell.
- (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
- Ellipsis of mouse pad.
- (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
- (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
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Verb
pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
- 2008 May 21, Austin American-Statesman:
- "Obama pads delegate lead […] with win in key western state."
- pad one's expenses
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- to pad cloth
- (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
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Noun
pad (plural pads)
- (Britain, dialectal) A toad.
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Noun
pad (plural pads)
- (Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- (Britain, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
- (Britain, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.
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Noun
pad (plural pads)
Verb
pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)
- (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
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Interjection
pad
- Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
- I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.
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Noun
pad (plural pads)
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
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pad - Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA: [pɑt]
Noun
pad (plural paaie, diminutive paadjie)
pad - Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɑt/
- Hyphenation: pad
Noun
pad n (plural paden, diminutive paadje n)
- path (narrow road, usually unpaved)
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Descendants
Noun
pad f (plural padden, diminutive padje n)
Derived terms
- bruine pad
- donderpad
- gewone pad
- groene pad
- knoflookpad
- paddenstoel
- paddentrek
- reuzenpad
- rugstreeppad
- schildpad
- Surinaamse pad
- vuurbuikpad
- vuurpad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: padda
Noun
pad - Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ˈpɒd]
Noun
pad (plural padok)
- bench
- (education) desk (of students in school, traditionally built together with the seats)
- Synonym: iskolapad
- (religion) pew (in a church)
- (law) dock (of the defendant, in court), stand (of a witness, in court)
- (dialectal) attic, loft
- Synonym: padlás
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | pad | padok |
accusative | padot | padokat |
dative | padnak | padoknak |
instrumental | paddal | padokkal |
causal-final | padért | padokért |
translative | paddá | padokká |
terminative | padig | padokig |
essive-formal | padként | padokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | padban | padokban |
superessive | padon | padokon |
adessive | padnál | padoknál |
illative | padba | padokba |
sublative | padra | padokra |
allative | padhoz | padokhoz |
elative | padból | padokból |
delative | padról | padokról |
ablative | padtól | padoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular | padé | padoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural | padéi | padokéi |
Possessive forms of pad | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | padom | padjaim |
2nd person sing. | padod | padjaid |
3rd person sing. | padja | padjai |
1st person plural | padunk | padjaink |
2nd person plural | padotok | padjaitok |
3rd person plural | padjuk | padjaik |
Derived terms
- padocska
- pados
- padoz
Compound words
pad - Old English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɑːd/
Noun
pād f
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pad - Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pat/
- Syllabification: pad
- Homophone: pat
Noun
pad m inan
Noun
pad m inan
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pad - Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA: /pâːd/
Noun
pȃd m (Cyrillic spelling па̑д)
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pad - Sumerian
Romanization
pad
- Romanization of 𒉻 (pad)
pad - Tausug
Noun
pād
- the palm of the hand
pad - Volapük
Noun
pad (nominative plural pads)