Usually means: Cushioning layer for protection, comfort.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. pad: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. pad, pad: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pad, pad: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. pad: Collins English Dictionary
  5. pad: Vocabulary.com
  6. Pad, pad: Wordnik
  7. pad: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Pad, Pad: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  9. pad: Wiktionary
  10. pad: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. pad: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. pad: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. PAD: Dictionary.com
  14. pad (n.), pad (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. pad: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. PAD (disambiguation), PAD, Pad (music), Pad: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Pad: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. pad: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. pad: Rhymezone
  20. pad, pad, pad (de), pad (het): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. pad: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. P.A.D, PAD: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  23. pad: Free Dictionary
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Art (2 matching dictionaries)
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Business (3 matching dictionaries)
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  2. pad: Legal dictionary
  3. PAD: Financial dictionary

Computing (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAD: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. PAD, pad: CCI Computer
  3. BABEL: Computer Oriented Abbreviations and Acronyms (No longer online)
  4. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  5. pad: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. PAD: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Pad: Gray's Anatomy (1918)
  5. PAD: Medical dictionary
  6. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)
  7. PAD: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. PAD: Acronym Finder
  2. PAD: Three Letter Words with definitions
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  4. pad: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. PAD: A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

Slang (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. pad, pad, pad, pad, pad, pad, pad, pad, pad: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pad: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom
  3. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)
  4. Pad: 1960's Slang
  5. pad: ESL Slang page
  6. P.A.D: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. pad: Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature
  3. Pad: Sports Definitions

Tech (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. pad: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. PAD: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING
  3. Book Binding (No longer online)
  4. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  5. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms: Joint Acronyms and Abbreviations (No longer online)
  6. Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary (No longer online)
  7. Rane Professional Audio Reference (No longer online)
  8. Sweetwater Music (No longer online)
  9. Glossary of PCB Terms (No longer online)
  10. Semiconductor Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
noun:  A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
noun:  A soft, or small, cushion.
noun:  A soft area on the ends of a digit:
noun:  A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.
noun:  The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
noun:  Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
noun:  A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
noun:  A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
noun:  A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
noun:  (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
noun:  (cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
noun:  A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.
noun:  A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
noun:  A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
noun:  An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
noun:  The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
noun:  (music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
noun:  (US, slang) A bed.
noun:  (colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
noun:  (UK, slang) A prison cell.
noun:  (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
noun:  (electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
noun:  (nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
verb:  (transitive) To stuff.
verb:  (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
verb:  (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
verb:  (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
verb:  (transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
noun:  (British, dialectal) A toad.
noun:  (British dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
noun:  An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
noun:  (British, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
noun:  (British, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.
noun:  (British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
verb:  (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
verb:  (intransitive) To travel on foot.
verb:  (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
verb:  (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
verb:  (intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
noun:  The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
noun:  Ellipsis of keypad. [A small board with keys primarily used for tactile input into a machine.]
noun:  Ellipsis of mouse pad. [(US, Australia, computing) A pad with surface used to enhance the movement of a computer mouse.]
noun:  (pathology) Initialism of peripheral artery disease.

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