noun
- A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge.
- synonyms: pad of paper, tablet
- The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily. )
- A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp.
- synonyms: inkpad, inking pad, stamp pad
- A flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort.
- A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.
- synonyms: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area
- Temporary living quarters.
- synonyms: diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings
- The fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger.
verb
- Add details to.
- synonyms: embroider, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise
- Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud.
- usage: "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
- Line or stuff with soft material.
- usage: "pad a bra"
- synonyms: fill out
- Add padding to.
- usage: "pad the seat of the chair"
- synonyms: bolster
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