pad

See also pád

English

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pæd/, X-SAMPA: /p{d/
• Rhymes: -æd

Etymology 1

1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", possibly, from Middle Low German or Dutch pad (“sole of the foot”).

Noun

pad (plural pads)

1. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
2. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
3. A soft, or small, cushion.
4. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
5. An animal's foot or paw.
6. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
7. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
8. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
9. A sanitary napkin.
10. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
11. (cricket) a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
12. 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.
13. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
14. A keypad.
15. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
16. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
17. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
18. A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
19. (US, slang) A bed.
20. (colloquial) A place of residence.
21. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
22. A mousepad.

Translations

flattened mass of anything soft

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 墊 (cmn), 垫 (cmn) (diàn), 墊子 (cmn), 垫子 (cmn) (diànzi)

• Finnish: pehmuste (fi), tyyny (fi)
• French: tampon (fr) m, coussinet (fr) m
• German: Unterlage (de) f, Polster (de) n

• Japanese: パッド (ja) (paddo)
• Norwegian: pute (no) m and f
• Russian: подкладка (ru) (podkládka) f, прокладка (ru) (prokládka) f, подушечка (ru) (podúšečka) f, подкладка (ru) (podkládka) f

cushion used as saddle

• Finnish: tyynysatula (fi)

• French: coussinet (fr) m

soft or small cushion

• Finnish: tyyny (fi)
• Norwegian: pute (no) m and f

• Russian: подушечка (ru) (podúšečka) f

cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals

• Finnish: antura (fi), polkuantura (fi)
• French: coussinet (fr)

• Swedish: trampdyna (sv) c

animal's foot or paw

• Finnish: tassu (fi), käpälä (fi)
• French: coussinet (fr) m

• Swedish: tass (sv) c

any cushion-like part of human body

stuffed guard or protection

• Finnish: pehmuste (fi)

soft bag or cushion

• Finnish: antura (fi), tyyny (fi)

floating leaf of a water plant

cricket: batsman's leg pad

• Finnish: pehmuste (fi)

block of paper

• Finnish: lehtiö (fi)
• French: bloc (fr)
• Norwegian: blokk (no) m and f

• Portuguese: bloco (pt)
• Spanish: bloc (es) m
• Swedish: block (sv) n

panel or strip of material sensitive to pressure or touch

keypad

• Finnish: näppäimistö (fi)

• French: pavé numérique (fr) m, clavier (fr) m (de téléphone)

flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched

• Finnish: kenttä (fi)

• Swedish: helikopterlandningsplats (sv) c, landningsplats (sv) c

electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket

• Finnish: jatkojohto (fi)

music: effect produced by sustained lower reed notes

slang: bed

• Finnish: punkka (fi)
• French: pieu (fr) m, plumard (fr) m, plume (fr) m, paddock (fr) m

• Swedish: binge (sv) c

colloquial: place of residence

• Finnish: luukku (fi)
• French: piaule (fr) f, taule (fr) f

• Norwegian: hjem (no) n

Derived terms

gamepad incontinence pad joypad keypad

launchpad mousepad notepad one-time pad

sleeping pad touchpad trackpad

Verb

pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)

1. (transitive) To stuff.
2. (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
3. (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).

   The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.

   "Obama pads delegate lead ... with win in key western state." Austin American-Statesman newspaper, May 21, 2008.

4. (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.

   to pad cloth

5. (transitive, cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

Derived terms

• well-padded

Translations

to stuff — see stuff

to furnish with a pad or padding

• Finnish: pehmustaa (fi), topata (fi)

• French: rembourrer (fr)

figuratively: to fill or lengthen

• Finnish: suurennella, paisutella, paikata

to imbue uniformly with a mordant

• Finnish: läpivärjätä (fi)

Etymology 2

Precise etymology unknown; probably existed (though unattested) in Old English. Possibly cognate with Dutch pad, dialectal German Padde, Swedish padda, Danish padde, and possibly ancestor to the pad-like English paddle.

Noun

pad (plural pads)

1. (UK, dialectal) A toad.

Etymology 3

From Dutch pad or Middle Low German pat (“path”).

Noun

pad (plural pads)

1. (UK, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or umaintained; a road or track. See footpad.
2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
3. (UK, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.

Etymology 4

Perhaps an alteration of ped.

Noun

pad (plural pads)

1. (UK, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.

Etymology 5

Probably partly from Middle Low German, partly imitative.

Verb

pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)

1. (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
   • Somerville

     Padding the streets for half a crown.

2. (intransitive) To travel on foot.
3. (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
4. (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit

     Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out...

5. (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.

Translations

to travel along sthg

• Finnish: kulkea jotakin pitkin

to travel on foot

• Finnish: tallata (fi)

to wear a path by walking

• Finnish: tallata (fi)

to walk softly, quietly or steadily

• Finnish: tassutella

Etymology 6

Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above.

Interjection

pad

1. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

   I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.

Translations

indicating soft footsteps

• Finnish: tassun, tissun-tassun

• Swedish: tass (sv)

Noun

pad (uncountable)

1. The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

Translations

sound of soft footsteps

• Finnish: tassutus

• Swedish: tassande (sv) c

Anagrams

• ADP
• dap
• DPA
• PDA

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑt

• audio

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Noun

pad f (plural padden, diminutive padje)

1. toad (an amphibian similar to a frog with bigger back legs and more ragged skin)

Noun

pad n (plural paden, diminutive paadje)

1. path (narrow road, usually unpaved)

Derived terms

• modderpad
• wandelpad

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Hungarian

Etymology

From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian pod.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpɒd/, X-SAMPA: /"pQd/

Noun

pad (plural padok)

1. bench

Declension

declension of pad 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

possessives of pad possessor singular possession plural possession 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

• futópad
• kőpad
• ülőpad
• színpad
• zongorapad

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Lojban

Rafsi

pad

1. rafsi of pandi.

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pâːd/

Noun

pȃd m (Cyrillic spelling па̑д)

1. fall

Declension

    declension of pad

	singular	plural
nominative	pȃd	pádovi
genitive	pada	padova
dative	padu	padovima
accusative	pad	padove
vocative	pade	padovi
locative	padu	padovima
instrumental	padom	padovima

Related terms

• pȁsti