1. [n]  the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal
2. [n]  temporary living quarters
3. [n]  a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
4. [n]  a usually thin flat mass of padding
5. [n]  a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
6. [n]  the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
7. [n]  a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
8. [v]  add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
9. [v]  add details to
10. [v]  line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
11. [v]  walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Donkeys that plodded wearily in a circle around a gin" D.H. Lawrence

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1. \Pad\, n. [D. pad. [root]21. See {Path}.]
   1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
   2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag. --Addison
            An abbot on an ambling pad.           --Tennyson.
   3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; --
      usually called a {footpad}. --Gay. Byron.
   4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
   

2. \Pad\, v. t.
   To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
         Padding the streets for half a crown.    --Somerville.
   

3. \Pad\, v. i.
   1. To travel heavily or slowly. --Bunyan.
   2. To rob on foot. [Obs.] --Cotton Mather.
   3. To wear a path by walking. [Prov. Eng.]
   

4. \Pad\, n. [Perh. akin to pod.]
   1. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft;
      stuffing.
   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.
   3. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
   4. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs
      of horses to prevent bruising.
   5. (Zo["o]l.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the
      under side of the toes of animals.
   6. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
   7. (Med.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support
      a part, etc.
   8. (Naut.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve
      of the deck. --W. C. Russel.
   9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a
      basket of soles. [Eng.] --Simmonds.
   {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.
   

5. \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Padding}.]
   1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
   2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,
      to pad cloth. --Ure.
   

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