[
US
/ˈpæd/
]
NOUN
- a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
- temporary living quarters
- a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
- a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
- a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
- the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger
- the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
VERB
-
line or stuff with soft material
pad a bra -
add padding to
pad the seat of the chair -
walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone - add details to
How To Use pad In A Sentence
- If you are lucky enough to have a grassy paddock, it's worth the effort to get a couple of horses or a flock of sheep standing in just the right place.
- We paddled a little boat in the West Lake.
- Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence. New Data Shows Budget Impact of Fecal Management System in Hospital ICU
- The four of us stayed for a couple of nights in the Rest House at Takoradi, which gave us a few hours to walk the beaches and paddle in the ocean, and to luxuriate in the fresh sea breezes after the heavy atmosphere of the interior.
- The layout of the enclosures, paddocks, and yards suggests an emphasis on stock-raising.
- The gossip columnist was paid to chronicle the latest escapades of the socially prominent celebrities.
- Making a flip book involves using the corner of a sketch pad to illustrate individual still frames of cartoon movement.
- Proximally, the bursa is bordered by a synovial lining that separates the bursa from the proximal fat pad.
- The two males held their silence as she finished, all the noise ceased apart from the soft pad of hooves in the night air.
- The director organised two-day hippy schools for his extras, in which they were shown news clips from 1969 and instructed in hippy speak until such antiquated terms as 'crashpad', 'dig' and 'groovy' came naturally. Latest articles - Radio Prague