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Definition of pad : 1. A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
2. A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
3. A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
4. A footpath; a road.
5. 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.
6. A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
7. A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
8. A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; - usually called a footpad.
9. A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
10. A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
11. A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
12. An easy- paced horse; a padnag.
13. The act of robbing on the highway.
14. To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
15. To rob on foot.
16. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
17. To travel heavily or slowly.
18. To travel upon foot; to tread.
19. To wear a path by walking.

Synonyms:

pill, have a fit, prettify, explode, deceive, bolster up, mattress, have kittens, lard, residence, plump, plug away, fill out, condo, paper, condominium, hearthstone, rove, domiciliation, kapok, cushioning, hearth, adopt, round, arm, kitchen paper, doss, diggings, tab, blotter, bunk, house, bachelor pad, trudge, blowhole, round out, notepad, bend the truth, room, roof, aerospace, bumper, fatten out, armpit, domicile, carapace, bedsit, expand, place, peep, parchment, broider, complete, lie, ramble, Cape Canaveral, make up, address book, fancify, deck, amplify, pit-a-pat, range, blow up, capsule, lodgings, arch, abode, dwelling, slog, launch area, padding, ripple, fat, choke, datebook, hit the ceiling, fly off the handle, kip, make out, pad of paper, apartment, launching pad, plod, hit the roof, stray, cram, big toe, stamp pad, clubfoot, Apollo, block, murmur, accommodations, lodging, antler, ball, enlarge, inflate, fabricate, ankle, fender, puff out, stuffing, grace, amble, fireside, saunter, dishwasher, bachelor apartment, stuff, puff, hay, lair, combust, stride, saturate, pillow, digs, wander, pitter-patter, duplex, astronaut, appointment book, go ballistic, dramatise, invent, walk, swan, slug, burble, blast off, pallet, anatomical, stock, blow one's stack, manufacture, aggrandise, flip one's wig, fatten, blow a fuse, jam, lining, crotch, pack in, swig, baby book, broom, home, fill, babble, magnify, roam, mislead, flip one's lid, buffer, fizzle, mop, beautify, adorn, appendage, lose one's temper, anatomy, detonate, cleaner, communications satellite, cosmonaut, drift, crowd, peg away, vagabond, tramp, cocoon, throw a fit, carpet sweeper, audio book, stroll, backing, mat, flesh out, booster, ornament, hike, set off, bolster, calf, memorandum, rack, Hoover, trek, footslog, dramatize, patter, accommodation, filling, launch pad, misspeak, sack, belly, inking pad, lozenge, quarters, bed, Brillo pad, cast, concoct, feather duster, body, inkpad, fill in, flock, decorate, puff up, plump out, step, launchpad, fatten up, bony, habitation, eke out

insulate, interline, inlay, face, line, wad, pack

embroider, aggrandize, over-appraise, exaggerate, hyperbolize, overestimate, distort, embellish, overvalue

documentation, menu, list, index, inventory, treasury, scrapbook, journal, check, statement, recount, lexicon, ledger, calendar, diary, yearbook, bank-book, docket, bill, history, log, manifest, sum, thesaurus, census, table, file, workbook, detail, annals, repertory, roster, roll, record, daybook, storybook, chronicle, scroll, registry, score, notebook, schedule, album, summary, tally, digest, logbook, total, enumeration, recording, itemization, book, store, tabulate, novel, catalog, account, budget, invoice, register, blank-book, waybill, cash book, count, collection, annual, tablet, dictionary

Usage examples:

• I don't believe Pad gave him the office, and if he did, Charley's a fool to beat it! - "The Crevice", William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander.
• And Eleanor, still in the yellow satin, sat at her desk scribbling aimlessly on a pad of paper or staring at a clean sheet, which began, " My dear father." - "Betty Wales Freshman", Edith K. Dunton.
• From below he could hear a regular pad, pad, as if from stocking feet on the stone floor. - "Ralestone Luck", Andre Norton.