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

pad \pad\, v. t. imp.  p. p. padded; p. pr.  vb. n.
   padding.
   1. to stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding.
      1913 webster

   2. calico printing to imbue uniformly with a mordant; as,
      to pad cloth. --ure.
      1913 webster
see also:
padded padding 

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

padding \pad"ding\, n.
   1. the act or process of making a pad or of inserting
      stuffing.
      1913 webster

   2. the material with which anything is padded.
      1913 webster

   3. material of inferior value, serving to extend a book,
      essay, etc. --london sat. rev.
      1913 webster

   4. calico printing the uniform impregnation of cloth with a
      mordant.
      1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
pad of paper tablet inkpad inking pad stamp pad launching pad 
launchpad launch pad launch area diggings digs 
domiciliation lodgings embroider lard embellish 
aggrandize aggrandise blow up dramatize dramatise 
slog footslog plod trudge tramp 
fill out bolster padding padded 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

padding
     n : artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to
         fill or give shape or protect or add comfort syn: cushioning
see also:
cushioning 

[5] : WordNet (r) 2.0

padding
     see pad
see also:
pad 

[6] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

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