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| 1. n. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. | |
| 2. n. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. | |
| 3. n. A soft, or small, cushion. | |
| 4. n. A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals. | |
| 5. n. The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw. | |
| 6. n. Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers. | |
| 7. n. A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. | |
| 8. n. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. | |
| 9. n. A sanitary napkin. | |
| 10. n. (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. | |
| 11. n. (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects it from damage when hit by the ball. | |
| 12. n. 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. n. A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch. | |
| 14. n. A keypad. | |
| 15. n. A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched. | |
| 16. n. An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord". | |
| 17. n. The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music. | |
| 18. n. A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds. | |
| 19. n. (US, slang) A bed. | |
| 20. n. (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc. | |
| 21. n. (slang) A prison cell. | |
| 22. n. (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext. | |
| 23. n. A mousepad. | |
| 24. n. (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced. | |
| 25. n. (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. | |
| 26. v. To stuff. | |
| 27. v. To furnish with a pad or padding. | |
| 28. v. 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. | |
| 29. v. To imbue uniformly with a mordant. | |
| to pad cloth | |
| 30. v. (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat. | |
| 31. n. (UK, dialectal) A toad. | |
| 32. n. (UK, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad. | |
| 33. n. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. | |
| 34. n. (UK, obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad. | |
| 35. n. The act of highway robbery. | |
| 36. n. (UK, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods. | |
| 37. v. To travel along (a road, path etc.). | |
| 38. v. (intransitive) To travel on foot. | |
| 39. v. (intransitive) To wear a path by walking. | |
| 40. v. (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes. | |
| 41. v. (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery. | |
| 42. interj. Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps. | |
| I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor. | |
| 43. n. The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc. | |
