pad
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- 2.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- 3.
A soft, or small, cushion.
- 4.
A soft area on the ends of a digit:
- 5.
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
- 6.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
- 7.
A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
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(US)A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
- 9.
(cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
- 10.
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.
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A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
- 12.
(abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of keypad.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To stuff.
- 2.
(transitive)To furnish with a pad or padding.
- 3.
(transitive)To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
pad one's expenses
- 4.
(transitive)To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
to pad cloth
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(transitive)(transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
- 6.
To walk with soft steps.
pad down the corridor
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(transitive)To travel along (a road, path etc.).
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(intransitive)To travel on foot.
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(intransitive)To wear a path by walking.
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(intransitive)To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- 11.
(intransitive, obsolete)To practise highway robbery.
interjection
interjection- 1.
Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.
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1554, "bundle of straw to lie on"., and unclear all senses have common etymology. For sense "ends of a digit", cf. - or pad (sole of the foot), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (to pass), which would make it related to both path and find.