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pad1 / pad/ • n. 1. a thick piece of soft material used to reduce friction or jarring, enlarge or change the shape of something, or hold or absorb liquid: sterile gauze pads. ∎ short for ink pad. ∎ the fleshy underpart of an animal's foot or of a human finger. ∎ a protective guard worn by a sports player to protect a part of the body from blows.2. a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, used for writing or drawing on.3. a flat-topped structure or area used for helicopter takeoff and landing or for rocket launching. ∎ Electr. a flat area on a track of a printed circuit or on the edge of an integrated circuit to which wires or component leads can be attached to make an electrical connection.4. inf. a person's home: the police raided my pad.5. short for lily pad.• v. (pad·ded, pad·ding) [tr.] [often as adj.] (padded) fill or cover (something) with a soft material in order to give it a particular shape, protect it or its contents, or make it more comfortable: a padded envelope. ∎ add false items to (an expense report or bill) in order to receive unjustified payment: faked repairs and padded expenses for government work reaped billions of dollars for the Mafia.pad2 • v. (pad·ded, pad·ding) [intr.] walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound: she padded along the corridor. ∎ [tr.] travel along (a road or route) on foot: he was padding the streets.• n. [in sing.] the soft dull sound of steady steps: he heard the pad of feet.
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1. Block (also called a template or padstone) built into a wall or fixed to the top of a pier on which a beam or truss rests.
2. Kneeler at the lowest point of a gable at the eaves to hold the cope in place and stop it sliding off, also called knee-stone or skew.
3. Short timber across the top of a wall to support a wall-plate or the foot of a common rafter.
4. Any large block carrying a load.
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a bunch or package; a mass of anything soft, e.g., a cushion.
Examples : pad of forms, 1876; of mackerel (measure of sixty mackerel); of straw, 1554; of wool; of writing paper, 1865; of yarn.