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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pad \Pad\, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Padding the streets for half a crown. --Somerville. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: pad n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge [syn: {pad}, {pad of paper}, {tablet}] 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 stamp [syn: {pad}, {inkpad}, {inking pad}, {stamp pad}] 4: a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort 5: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched [syn: {launching pad}, {launchpad}, {launch pad}, {launch area}, {pad}] 6: temporary living quarters [syn: {diggings}, {digs}, {domiciliation}, {lodgings}, {pad}] 7: the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger v 1: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {pad}, {lard}, {embellish}, {aggrandize}, {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize}, {dramatise}] 2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: {slog}, {footslog}, {plod}, {trudge}, {pad}, {tramp}] 3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: {pad}, {fill out}] 4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: {pad}, {bolster}] From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: PAD Packet Assembling Disassembling (CCITT, X.3, X.28, X.29, PSDN) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: pad /pɑt/ 1. toad 2. path 3. path