English Online Dictionary. What means pad? What does pad mean?
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pæd/
- Hyphenation: pad
- Rhymes: -æd
Etymology 1
1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", probably from Low German or West Flemish pad (“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pent- (“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- 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 cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.
- The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
- Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
- Synonym: pulp
- 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.
- A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
- Synonym: helipad
- 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.
- Synonym: synth pad
- (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.
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Verb
pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)
- (transitive) To stuff.
- (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
- (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
- (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
- (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
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Etymology 2
From Middle English pade, padde, from Old English padde, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”). Cognate with Dutch pad, German Low German Pad (“toad”), dialectal German Padde, Danish padde, Swedish padda, Icelandic padda (“toad”), and possibly to English paddle.
Alternative forms
- padde
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- (Britain, dialectal) A toad.
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Dutch pad or Middle Low German pat (“path”). Doublet of path.
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- (Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track.
- An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
- (Britain, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
- (Britain, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.
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Etymology 4
Perhaps an alteration of ped.
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- (Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
Etymology 5
Probably partly from Middle Low German [Term?], partly imitative. Some senses possibly influenced by pad (“soft part of an animal's foot”, noun).
Verb
pad (third-person singular simple present pads, present participle padding, simple past and past participle padded)
- (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
- (intransitive) To travel on foot.
- (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
- (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
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Etymology 6
Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above.
Interjection
pad
- Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
- I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.
Translations
Noun
pad (plural pads)
- The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
Translations
Derived terms
- padless
References
- Pad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
- pad thai
Anagrams
- ADP, APD, DPA, PDA, dap
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch pad.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɑt]
Noun
pad (plural paaie, diminutive paadjie)
- path; way; street
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑt/
- Hyphenation: pad
- Rhymes: -ɑt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch pat, from Old Dutch path, from Proto-West Germanic *paþ, from Proto-Germanic *paþaz (“path”). Cognate with English path, West Frisian paad and German Pfad.
Noun
pad n (plural paden, diminutive paadje n)
- path (narrow road, usually unpaved)
Derived terms
- bergpad
- bospad
- duinpad
- fietspad
- gangpad
- grindpad
- hazenpad
- kerkpad
- kiezelpad
- modderpad
- olifantenpad
- padvinder
- ruiterpad
- schelpenpad
- tuinpad
- voetpad
- wandelpad
- zandpad
- zijpad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: pad
- Berbice Creole Dutch: pata
- Jersey Dutch: pât, pāt
- Negerhollands: pad, pat
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch padde, pedde, from Old Dutch *padda, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”).
Noun
pad f (plural padden, diminutive padje n)
- toad (an amphibian of the order Anura similar to a frog with shorter legs and more ragged skin)
Derived terms
- bruine pad
- donderpad
- gewone pad
- groene pad
- knoflookpad
- paddenstoel
- paddentrek
- reuzenpad
- rugstreeppad
- schildpad
- Surinaamse pad
- vuurbuikpad
- vuurpad
Descendants
- Afrikaans: padda
Etymology 3
Noun
pad c (plural padden, diminutive padje n)
- (cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatian pod.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpɒd]
- Rhymes: -ɒd
Noun
pad (plural padok)
- bench
- (education) desk (of students in school, traditionally built together with the seats)
- Synonym: iskolapad
- (religion) pew (in a church)
- (law) dock (of the defendant, in court), stand (of a witness, in court)
- (dialectal) attic, loft
- Synonym: padlás
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- pad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *paidu, from Proto-Germanic *paidō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɑːd/
Noun
pād f
- an outer garment, coat, cloak
Declension
Descendants
- >? Middle English: pod (attested in pod ware)
- English: pod
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pat/
- Rhymes: -at
- Syllabification: pad
- Homophone: pat
Etymology 1
Deverbal from padać.
Noun
pad m inan
- (sports) a quick fall with the whole body to the ground
Etymology 2
Clipping of gamepad.
Noun
pad m inan
- (video games) gamepad
- Synonyms: gamepad, joypad
Declension
Further reading
- pad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- pad in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *padъ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pâːd/
Noun
pȃd m (Cyrillic spelling па̑д)
- fall
Declension
Related terms
- pȁsti
Sumerian
Romanization
pad
- Romanization of 𒉻 (pad)
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *palaj.
Noun
pād
- the palm of the hand
Volapük
Noun
pad (nominative plural pads)
- page
Declension
Waigali
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pád/
Noun
pad
- dispute