A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
(transitive, cricket) to deliberatelyplay the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
Esimerkit
The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
"Obama pads delegate lead ... with win in key western state." Austin American-Statesman newspaper, May 21, 2008.
to pad cloth
an abbot on an ambling pad
Padding the streets for half a crown.
Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out...
Their chief Argument is, That they never saw any Witches, therefore there are none. Just as if you or I should say, We never met with any Robbers on the Road, therefore there never was any Padding there.
I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.