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The Meaning of pad
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(n.) A footpath; a road.
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(n.) An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
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(n.) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; -- usually called a footpad.
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(n.) The act of robbing on the highway.
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(v. t.) To travel upon foot; to tread.
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(v. i.) To travel heavily or slowly.
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(v. i.) To rob on foot.
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(v. i.) To wear a path by walking.
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(n.) A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing.
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(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.
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(n.) A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
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(n.) A stuffed guard or protection; esp., one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
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(n.) A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals.
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(n.) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
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(n.) A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
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(n.) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
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(n.) A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles.
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(v. t.) To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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(v. t.) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth.
Synonyms
pad of paper
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tablet
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inkpad
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inking pad
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stamp pad
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launching pad
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launchpad
,
launch pad
,
launch area
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diggings
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digs
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domiciliation
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lodgings
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embroider
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lard
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embellish
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aggrandize
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aggrandise
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blow up
,
dramatize
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dramatise
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slog
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footslog
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plod
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trudge
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tramp
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fill out
,
bolster
Rhymes
ad
,
add
,
arvad
,
ayyad
,
bad
,
brad
,
cad
,
chad
,
chadd
,
ciudad
,
clad
,
comrade
,
dad
,
doodad
,
dyad
,
fad
,
flad
,
forbad
,
gad
,
gadd
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galahad
,
glad
,
grad
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grandad
,
had
,
hadd
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halmstad
,
hlad
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hyderabad
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ironclad
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kaliningrad
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keypad
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khad
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lad
,
ladd
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leningrad
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mad
,
madd
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mirad
,
mossad
,
nad
,
nomad
,
olympiad
,
plaid
,
rad
,
radde
,
riyad
,
riyadh
,
sad
,
scad
,
schad
,
shabad
,
shad
,
shadd
,
sinbad
,
sociedad
,
soledad
,
stalingrad
,
tad
,
tadd
,
thad
,
triad
,
trinidad
,
undergrad
,
vlad
,
volgograd