Definition of "pad" in inglés

noun

A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
A soft, or small, cushion.
A soft area on the ends of a digit:
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
(US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
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.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
Ellipsis of keypad.
Ellipsis of mouse pad.
(slang) a tablet PC
A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
(music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
(US, slang) A bed.
(colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
(UK, slang) A prison cell.
(cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
(electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
(nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.

verb

(transitive) To stuff.
(transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
(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
(transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- to pad cloth
(transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

noun

(British dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
- And when the map shows that the creek will no longer take him where he wants to go, then he looks for an animal pad and follows it, getting down on his belly and wriggling under thorny bush when he has to.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
(British, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
(British, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.