Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to pad
Participle: padded
Gerund: padding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | pad |
| you | pad |
| he;she;it | pads |
| we | pad |
| you | pad |
| they | pad |
Perfect
| I | have padded |
| you | have padded |
| he;she;it | has padded |
| we | have padded |
| you | have padded |
| they | have padded |
Past
| I | padded |
| you | padded |
| he;she;it | padded |
| we | padded |
| you | padded |
| they | padded |
Pluperfect
| I | had padded |
| you | had padded |
| he;she;it | had padded |
| we | had padded |
| you | had padded |
| they | had padded |
Future
| I | will pad |
| you | will pad |
| he;she;it | will pad |
| we | will pad |
| you | will pad |
| they | will pad |
Future Perfect
| I | will have padded |
| you | will have padded |
| he;she;it | will have padded |
| we | will have padded |
| you | will have padded |
| they | will have padded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | pad |
| you | pad |
| he;she;it | pad |
| we | pad |
| you | pad |
| they | pad |
Perfect
| I | have padded |
| you | have padded |
| he;she;it | have padded |
| we | have padded |
| you | have padded |
| they | have padded |
Imperfect
| I | padded |
| you | padded |
| he;she;it | padded |
| we | padded |
| you | padded |
| they | padded |
Pluperfect
| I | had padded |
| you | had padded |
| he;she;it | had padded |
| we | had padded |
| you | had padded |
| they | had padded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would pad |
| you | would pad |
| he;she;it | would pad |
| we | would pad |
| you | would pad |
| they | would pad |
Perfect
| I | would have padded |
| you | would have padded |
| he;she;it | would have padded |
| we | would have padded |
| you | would have padded |
| they | would have padded |
Imperative
| you | pad |
| we | Let's pad |
| you | pad |
Verbs conjugated like 'pad'
abet,
abhor,
abut,
acquit,
admit,
affrap,
allot,
alum,
amel,
amit,
anagram,
anvil,
apparel,
aret,
arret,
assot,
astun,
attrap,
augur,
avel, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'pad'
bad,
dad,
gad,
mad,
pal,
pam,
pan,
pap,
par,
pat,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- cushion
- mat, pillow, stuffing, wadding, filling, padding, matting, bolster
- augment
- inflate, increase, expand, enlarge, amplify, spread, stretch, lengthen
Antonyms
- augment
- reduction, deduction, curtailment, diminution
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1554, "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 Eng. Generalized sense of "something soft" is from c.1700; the sense of "a number of sheets fastened together" (in writing pad, drawing pad, etc.) is from 1865. Sense of "take off or landing place for a helicopter" is from 1960. The word persisted in underworld slang from early 18c. in the sense "sleeping place," and was popularized again c.1959, originally in beatnik speech (later hippie slang) in its original sense of "place to sleep temporarily." The verb meaning "to stuff, increase the amount of" is first recorded 1827, from the noun; transf. to expense accounts, etc. from 1913. Padded cell in an asylum or prison is from 1862 (padded room).
2. 1554, "bundle of straw to lie on". Unknown, and unclear all senses have common etymology. For sense "ends of a digit", cf. 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.
Sample Sentences
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The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
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pad one's expenses
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"Obama pads delegate lead […] with win in key western state." [2008 May 21, Austin American-Statesman:]
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to pad cloth
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[…] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […] [1819, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia:]
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pad down the corridor