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pad

The correct spelling is pad.

How to pronounce pad

/pæd/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
  2. 2.A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
  3. 3.A soft, or small, cushion.
  4. 4.A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
  5. 5.The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.

verb

  1. 1.To stuff.
  2. 2.To furnish with a pad or padding.
  3. 3.To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
  4. 4.To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
  5. 5.To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

interjection

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

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