pad

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: pad of papertabletinkpadinking padstamp padlaunching padlaunchpadlaunch padlaunch areadiggingsdigsdomiciliation

WordNet 3.0

Noun (7)

  1. a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edgeSynonyms: pad of papertablet
  2. the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
  3. a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stampSynonyms: inkpadinking padstamp pad
  4. a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort
  5. a platform from which rockets or space craft are launchedSynonyms: launching padlaunchpadlaunch padlaunch area
  6. temporary living quartersSynonyms: diggingsdigsdomiciliationlodgings
  7. the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger

Verb (4)

  1. add details toSynonyms: embroiderlardembellishaggrandizeaggrandiseblow updramatizedramatise
  2. walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud“Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone”Synonyms: slogfootslogplodtrudgetramp
  3. line or stuff with soft material“pad a bra”Synonyms: fill out
  4. add padding to“pad the seat of the chair”Synonyms: bolster
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Padded; p. pr. & vb. n. Padding.]

1.To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding. [1913 Webster]

2.(Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth. --Ure. [1913 Webster]

Pad \Pad\, v. i.

1.To travel heavily or slowly. --Bunyan. [1913 Webster]

2.To rob on foot. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather. [1913 Webster]

3.To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Pad \Pad\, n. [Perh. akin to pod.]

1.A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing. [1913 Webster]

2.A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp., one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper. [1913 Webster]

3.A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame. [1913 Webster]

4.A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising. [1913 Webster]

5.(Zool.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals. [1913 Webster]

6.A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant. [1913 Webster]

7.(Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc. [1913 Webster]

8.(Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck. --W. C. Russel. [1913 Webster]

9.A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.] --Simmonds. [1913 Webster]

10.A dwelling place, usually an apartment; one's living quarters; as, come over to my pad to watch the game. [Slang] [PJC]

11.A sum of money paid as a bribe to police officers, shared among them; also, the list of such officers receiving such a bribe. [PJC]

Pad cloth, a saddlecloth; a housing.

Pad saddle. See def. 3, above.

Pad tree (Harness Making), a piece of wood or metal which gives rigidity and shape to a harness pad. --Knight.

on the pad, receiving bribes; -- of police officers. [1913 Webster]

pad \pad\ (p[a^]d), n. [D. pad. [root]21. See Path.]

1.A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

2.An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison [1913 Webster]

An abbot on an ambling pad.— Tennyson.[1913 Webster]

3.A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad. --Gay. --Byron. [1913 Webster]

4.The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Pad \Pad\, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

Packet Assembler/Disassembler PAD

(PAD) Hardware or software device for splitting a data stream into discrete packets for transmission over some medium and then reforming the stream(s) at the receiver.

The term is most often used for interfaces to X.25 lines.

(1995-01-31)

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