1a thick piece of soft material, typically used to protect or shape something, or to absorb liquid:a pad of cotton wool
a protective guard worn by a sports player to protect a part of the body:cricket pads
2the fleshy underpart of an animal’s foot or of a human finger:a dog’s pads will bleed profusely if cut
3a number of sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, used for writing or drawing:she sketched something on a big white pad
4a flat-topped structure or area used for helicopter take-off and landing or for rocket-launching:an office building with a helicopter pad
5 informal a person’s home:the police raided my pad
6 Electronics a flat area on a track of a printed circuit or on the edge of an integrated circuit to which wires or component leads can be attached to make an electrical connection.
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1 (often as adjective padded) fill or cover (something) with a soft material in order to protect or shape it or to make it more comfortable:a padded envelope
2 (pad something out) lengthen a speech or piece of writing with unnecessary material:don’t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive
3North American defraud by adding false items to (an expenses claim or bill):padded expenses for government work reaped billions of dollars for the Mafia
4 [no object] (pad up) put on protective pads in order to play a sport, especially cricket:at the age of 90, he still pads up ready to bat
Cricket (of a batsman) deliberately use one’s pads to block a ball:Childs fooled the youngster into padding up to a ball which didn’t spin away
