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pad¹ noun 1 a wad of material used to cushion, protect, shape or clean. 2 a leg-guard for a cricketer, etc. 3 a quantity of sheets of paper fixed together into a block. Also in compounds • notepad. 4 a rocket-launching platform. 5 the soft fleshy underside of an animal's paw. 6 N Amer a large water lily leaf. 7 slang the place where someone lives. verb (padded, padding) 1 to cover, fill, stuff, cushion or shape something with layers of soft material. 2 (also pad something out) derog to include unnecessary or irrelevant material in (a piece of writing, speech, etc) for the sake of length.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c.

pad² verb (padded, padding) 1 intrans to walk softly or with a quiet or muffled tread. 2 tr & intr to tramp along (a road); to travel on foot.
ETYMOLOGY: 16c: Dutch, meaning 'path'.

padding noun 1 material for cushioning, shaping or filling. 2 derog irrelevant or unnecessary matter in a speech or piece of writing, added to extend it to the desired length.