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The correct spelling is pad.
How to pronounce pad
/pæd/
nounIPA: /pæd/
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The correct spelling is pad. A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on. For example: "May 21, 2008, Austin American-Statesman"
Usage Examples
“May 21, 2008, Austin American-Statesman”
“to pad cloth”
“I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
verb
- 1.To stuff.
- 2.To furnish with a pad or padding.
- 3.To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- 4.To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- 5.To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
interjection
- 1.Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
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