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 pad /ˈpæd/
 襯墊,墊料;便箋簿,拍紙簿,印色台;發射臺;床鋪,房間;荷葉(v.)虛報;步行

 pad
 格板;填補;襯填;增損器;墊;填充;拼湊篇幅;焊盤;焊接點;衰減器

 pad
 便箋式

 pad
 草稿儲存

 pad
 墊

 pad n.
 1. A footpath; a road. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
 2. An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
    An abbot on an ambling pad.   --Tennyson.
 3. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
 4. The act of robbing on the highway. [Obs.]
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 Pad, v. t. To travel upon foot; to tread. [Obs.]
    Padding the streets for half a crown.   --Somerville.

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

 Pad, n.
 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. Zool. 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.
 9. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles. [Eng.]
 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.

 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.
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 pad
      n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
           [syn: 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: inkpad, inking
         pad, stamp pad]
      4: a usually thin flat mass of padding
      5: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
         [syn: launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch
         area]
      6: temporary living quarters [syn: diggings, digs, domiciliation,
          lodgings]
      7: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an
         animal
      v 1: add details to [syn: embroider, 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, tramp]
      3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: fill
         out]
      4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: bolster]
      [also: padding, padded]