Dictionary entry details
• PAD (noun)
Meaning:
A number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
pad; pad of paper; tablet
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):
message pad; writing pad (a pad of paper on which messages can be written)
notepad (a pad of paper for keeping notes)
Meaning:
The large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
foliage; leaf; leafage (the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):
lily pad (floating leaves of a water lily)
Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):
aquatic plant; hydrophyte; hydrophytic plant; water plant (a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth)
Meaning:
A block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
stamp pad; inkpad; inking pad; pad
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
block (a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides))
Meaning:
A usually thin flat mass of padding
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
cushioning; padding (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pad"):
skin patch; transdermal patch (a medicated adhesive pad placed on the skin for absorption of a time released dose of medication into the bloodstream)
hot pad; table mat (a pad for use under a hot dish to protect a table)
Kotex; sanitary napkin (a disposable absorbent pad (trade name Kotex); worn to absorb menstrual flow)
rat (a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure)
powderpuff; puff (a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin)
potholder (an insulated pad for holding hot pots)
plastron (a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest)
panel (a pad placed under a saddle)
mattress pad (a protective pad over a mattress to protect it)
mattress (a large thick pad filled with resilient material and often incorporating coiled springs, used as a bed or part of a bed)
mat (a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it)
cleaning pad (a pad used as a cleaning implement)
carpet pad; rug pad; underlay; underlayment (a pad placed under a carpet)
Meaning:
A platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
launchpad; launching pad; launch pad; launch area; pad
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
platform (a raised horizontal surface)
Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):
launching site (a place for launching pads)
Meaning:
Temporary living quarters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
domiciliation; lodgings; diggings; digs; pad
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
living quarters; quarters (housing available for people to live in)
Meaning:
The foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("pad" is a kind of...):
anatomical structure; bodily structure; body structure; complex body part; structure (a particular complex anatomical part)
Holonyms ("pad" is a part of...):
paw (a clawed foot of an animal especially a quadruped)
• PAD (verb)
Meaning:
Add details to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
aggrandise; aggrandize; pad; embellish; lard; embroider; dramatize; dramatise; blow up
Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):
amplify; exaggerate; hyerbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):
glorify (cause to seem more splendid)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
plod; footslog; trudge; pad; slog; tramp
Context example:
Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):
walk (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):
slop; slosh; splash; splosh; squelch; squish (walk through mud or mire)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sentence example:
They pad up the hill
Meaning:
Line or stuff with soft material
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
pad; fill out
Context example:
pad a bra
Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):
stuff (fill completely)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pad"):
rat (give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Add padding to
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
bolster; pad
Context example:
pad the seat of the chair
Hypernyms (to "pad" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
