Padding

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pad \Pad\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Padded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Padding}.]
     1. To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
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     2. (Calico Printing) To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,


        to pad cloth. --Ure.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Padding \Pad"ding\, n.
     1. The act or process of making a pad or of inserting
        stuffing.
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     2. The material with which anything is padded.
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     3. Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book,
        essay, etc. --London Sat. Rev.
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     4. (Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a
        mordant.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pad
       n 1: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
            [syn: {pad of paper}, {tablet}]
       2: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water
          lily)
       3: a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to
          transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp [syn: {inkpad}, {inking
          pad}, {stamp pad}]
       4: a usually thin flat mass of padding
       5: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
          [syn: {launching pad}, {launchpad}, {launch pad}, {launch
          area}]
       6: temporary living quarters [syn: {diggings}, {digs}, {domiciliation},
           {lodgings}]
       7: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an
          animal
       v 1: add details to [syn: {embroider}, {lard}, {embellish}, {aggrandize},
             {aggrandise}, {blow up}, {dramatize}, {dramatise}]
       2: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud;
          "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone" [syn: {slog},
           {footslog}, {plod}, {trudge}, {tramp}]
       3: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra" [syn: {fill
          out}]
       4: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair" [syn: {bolster}]
       [also: {padding}, {padded}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  padding
       n : artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to
           fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: {cushioning}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  padding
       See {pad}

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  159 Moby Thesaurus words for "padding":
     aegis, all fours, arm guard, backstop, battology, bedizenment,
     bonus, buffer, bulwark, bumper, bush, bushing, contraceptive,
     copyright, crash helmet, crawl, crawling, creep, creeping, cushion,
     cushioning, dashboard, decoration, dodger, doubling, doublure,
     duplication, duplication of effort, easing, embellishment,
     expletive, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, extravagance,
     face mask, facing, fat, featherbedding, fender, filigree, filler,
     filling, fillip, finger guard, flourish, foot guard, frill, frills,
     frippery, fuse, gasket, gingerbread, gland, goggles, governor,
     guard, guardrail, gumshoeing, hand guard, handrail, hard hat,
     helmet, inlay, inlayer, insole, insulation, interlineation,
     interlock, knee guard, knuckle guard, lagniappe, laminated glass,
     laxation, life preserver, lifeline, lightning conductor,
     lightning rod, liner, lining, luxury, macrology, mask, mellowing,
     mollification, mollifying, mudguard, needlessness, nightwalking,
     nose guard, ornament, ornamentation, overadornment, overlap,
     packing, pad, palladium, patent, payroll padding, pilot, pleonasm,
     premium, preventive, prolixity, prophylactic, protective clothing,
     protective umbrella, prowling, pussyfooting, redundance,
     redundancy, relaxation, safeguard, safety, safety glass,
     safety plug, safety rail, safety shoes, safety switch,
     safety valve, scrabble, scramble, screen, seat belt, shield,
     shin guard, sidling, slinking, snaking, sneaking, softening,
     softening-up, something extra, stammering, stealing, stopping,
     stuffing, stuttering, sun helmet, superaddition, superfluity,
     superfluousness, tampon, tautologism, tautology, tippytoe, tiptoe,
     tiptoeing, trimming, twist, umbrella, unnecessariness, verbosity,
     wadding, wainscot, windscreen, windshield, worming, wrinkle