Definitions for the word "pad" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
A footpath; a road.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The act of robbing on the highway.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To travel upon foot; to tread.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
To travel heavily or slowly.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
To rob on foot.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
To wear a path by walking.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. n.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
12. n.
A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
13. n.
A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
14. n.
A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
15. n.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
16. n.
A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
17. n.
A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
18. v. t.
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
19. v. t.
To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
20. n.
1 thick piece of soft material used to protect, fill out hollows, hold or absorb liquid, etc. 2 sheets of blank paper fastened together at one edge, for writing or drawing on. 3 fleshy underpart of an animal''s foot or of a human finger. 4 guard for the leg and ankle in sports. 5 flat surface for helicopter take-off or rocket-launching. 6 slang lodgings, flat, etc. 7 floating leaf of a water lily. v. (-dd-) 1 provide with a pad or padding; stuff. 2 (foll. By out) lengthen or fill out (a book etc.) With unnecessary material. [probably low german or dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
21. v.
(-dd-) 1 walk with a soft dull steady step. 2 travel, or tramp along (a road etc.), on foot. n. Sound of soft steady steps. [low german pad *path]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
22. slang
“to stand PAD,” to beg with a small piece of paper pinned on the
breast, inscribed, “I am starving.”
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
23. slang
the highway; also a tramp or itinerant musician.
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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