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  • 41pad — pad1 [ pæd ] noun * ▸ 1 thick piece of material ▸ 2 book of paper ▸ 3 for helicopters/rockets ▸ 4 where someone lives ▸ 5 on finger/foot ▸ 6 soft sound of walking 1. ) count a thick piece of a substance such as cloth, used for protecting… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 42pad — I noun (C) 1 SOFT MATERIAL something made of or filled with soft material, that is used to protect something or make it more comfortable: She put a sterile pad of cotton over the wound. | a foam rubber pad | knee/elbow/shoulder pad (=a pad sewn… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 43pad — I [[t]pæd[/t]] n. v. pad•ded, pad•ding 1) a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing 2) a soft, stuffed cushion used as a saddle 3) a number of sheets of paper glued together at one edge to form a tablet 4) pri… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 44pad — I. /pæd / (say pad) noun 1. a cushion like mass of some soft material, for comfort, protection, or stuffing. 2. a guard for the leg, containing padding and stiffeners, as worn by those batting and wicketkeeping in cricket, goalkeeping in hockey,… …

  • 45pad — pad1 /pad/, n., v., padded, padding. n. 1. a cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing. 2. a soft, stuffed cushion used as a saddle; a padded leather saddle without a tree. 3. a number of sheets of paper glued or …

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  • 46pad — n. cushion 1) a heating; heel; knee; shoulder pad piece of material 2) a gauze; quilted; scouring pad connected sheets of paper 3) a scratch; writing pad airstrip 4) a helicopter; launch, launching pad one s residence (slang) 5) at one s pad * *… …

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  • 47pad — {{11}}pad (n.) 1550s, bundle of straw to lie on, possibly from Low Ger. or Flem. pad sole of the foot. Meaning cushion like part of an animal foot is from 1836 in English. Generalized sense of something soft is from c.1700; the sense of a number… …

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  • 48pad — I 1. noun 1) a pad over the eye Syn: piece of cotton, dressing, pack, padding, wadding, wad 2) a seat pad Syn: cushion, pillow 3) making notes on a pad …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 49pad — 01. There is a [pad] of paper to write messages on beside the telephone. 02. The woman was wearing a dress with shoulder [pads]. 03. The helicopter touched down on the [pad], and the President stepped out. 04. Goaltenders in ice hockey wear… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 50PAD — Die Abkürzung PAD steht für Portable Application Description, ein standardisiertes, XML basiertes Format für die Weitergabe und Publikation von Hersteller und Programminformationen eines Softwareprodukts Public Access Defibrillator, ein… …

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