Pad - English meaning

verb

Increase the volume of (sound), especially using an amplifier.

Usage examples:

The accompanying chords have been amplified in our arrangement

verb

To increase the strength of a sound; make louder

Usage examples:

Electric guitars are amplified through loudspeakers., this study amplifies earlier research., [ u ]…

verb

To make something louder

Usage examples:

Amplified music/guitar

verb

Make (something) greater by adding to it; increase.

Usage examples:

He augmented his summer income by painting houses

noun

A vowel prefixed to past tenses of verbs in greek and certain other indo-european languages.

verb

To increase the size or value of something by adding something to it

Usage examples:

He would have to find work to augment his income., the region needs to augment its water supply.

noun

A large solid piece of hard material, especially rock, stone, or wood, typically with flat surfaces on each side.

Usage examples:

A block of marble

verb

Make the movement or flow in (a passage, pipe, road, etc.) difficult or impossible.

Usage examples:

The narrow roads were blocked by cars

verb

Obstruct

noun

A long, thick pillow that is placed under other pillows for support.

Usage examples:

Sessions were kept short or broken for comfort breaks so that she could be re-positioned with suppo…

verb

Support or strengthen.

Usage examples:

The fall in interest rates is starting to bolster confidence

noun

A heavy chisel used for cutting bricks.

Usage examples:

‘i began to knock the wooden fascia off using a bolster and hammer,’ said mr sparkes.

verb

Flatten by pressure; squeeze or press.

Usage examples:

The skirt can be folded and compressed into a relatively small bag

noun

A pad of lint or other absorbent material pressed on to part of the body to relieve inflammation or stop bleeding.

Usage examples:

A cold compress

verb

To press something into a smaller space

Usage examples:

Snow in the crater compresses into a fastest-growing glacier., firmly compress the dirt in the pot …

noun

A bag of cloth stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a comfortable support for sitting or leaning on.

Usage examples:

Comfortable chairs and sofas piled with cushions

verb

Soften the effect of an impact on.

Usage examples:

The bag cushions equipment from inevitable knocks

noun

A large, usually square bag filled with soft material, used as a movable part of a chair or sofa, for sitting on or resting your back against, or a similar but smaller bag used to make yourself more comfortable while sitting

Usage examples:

She sank back against the sofa cushions., the soft grass cushioned his fall (= made it hurt less).

noun

A sauce for salads, typically one consisting of oil and vinegar with herbs or other flavourings.

Usage examples:

Vinaigrette dressing

verb

Put on one's clothes.

Usage examples:

Graham showered and dressed quickly

noun

Salad dressing

Usage examples:

You have to change the dressing every day.

phrasal verb

Live from day to day, as with some hardship

phrasal verb

To obtain or win something only with difficulty or great effort

Usage examples:

The company expects to eke out a small profit this year.

adjective

Involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning.

Usage examples:

Elaborate security precautions

verb

Develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in further detail.

Usage examples:

The theory was proposed by cope and elaborated by osborn

adjective

Containing a lot of connected parts or many complicated details

Usage examples:

An elaborate ceremony, an elaborate fireworks display, they had created elaborate computer programs…

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

noun

An amount of something which is as much as one wants or can bear.

Usage examples:

We have eaten our fill

verb

Make full, also in a metaphorical sense

phrasal verb

Write all the required information onto a form

phrasal verb

To become larger

Usage examples:

When john is older and fills out some, he’ll be an outstanding athlete.

phrasal verb

To write or type information in spaces that are provided for it

Usage examples:

The 9m taxpayers obliged to fill out self-assessment forms must file their returns by september 30.

noun

A quantity of soft material that fills or is used to fill something.

Usage examples:

Duvets with synthetic fillings

adjective

(of food) leaving one with a pleasantly satiated feeling.

Usage examples:

The full english breakfast was delicious and also very filling

verb

Cause (a space or container) to become full or almost full.

Usage examples:

I filled the bottle with water

phrasal verb

Add details, as to an account or idea

phrasal verb

To add more detail when describing or explaining something

Usage examples:

Emily should have included these pieces of information to flesh out her argument.

verb

Become or make greater in size, amount, or degree.

Usage examples:

Car use is increasing at an alarming rate

noun

A rise in the size, amount, or degree of something.

Usage examples:

An increase of 28.3 per cent

verb

A process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous

noun

A small pad or notebook used for notes or jottings.

Usage examples:

Dressed in black, and feverishly scribbling notes in leather-bound jotters, it was hard not to noti…

noun

A small book used for making notes in

verb

Make or become longer.

Usage examples:

The mascara will lengthen your lashes

verb

To make something longer, or to become longer

Usage examples:

[ t ] i’ll have to lengthen this skirt., [ i ] in the late afternoon, the shadows of the haystacks …

verb

If you lengthen something, or it lengthens, it takes longer to happen

Usage examples:

There is a plan to lengthen the three-year course to four years.

noun

A long, narrow mark or band.

Usage examples:

A row of closely spaced dots will look like a continuous line

verb

Stand or be positioned at intervals along.

Usage examples:

A processional route lined by people waving flags

verb

Cover the inside surface of (a container or garment) with a layer of different material.

Usage examples:

A basket lined with polythene

noun

A small book with blank or ruled pages for writing notes in.

Usage examples:

He copied the number into his notebook

noun

A book of paper for writing on

Usage examples:

She wrote everything down in her notebook.

noun

A very small computer that you can carry with you easily

Usage examples:

Our latest stylish ultra-mobile notebook, a journalist's notebook, she kept a record in a little no…

noun

A pad of blank or ruled pages for writing notes on.

Usage examples:

I take notes pretty frequently on notepads, but i almost never write entire stories by longhand.

noun

A set of sheets of paper joined at the top edge, for writing on

Usage examples:

A plain/ruled notepad, a reporter's notepad

verb

Do, use, or carry to excess; exaggerate.

Usage examples:

She rather overdoes the early cockney scenes

noun

A small cardboard or paper container and the items contained within it.

Usage examples:

A pack of cigarettes

verb

Fill (a suitcase or bag) with clothes and other items needed for travel.

Usage examples:

I packed a bag and left

verb

Fill (a jury, committee, etc.) with people likely to support a particular verdict or decision.

Usage examples:

His efforts to pack the supreme court with men who shared his ideology

noun

Soft material such as foam or cloth used to pad or stuff something.

Usage examples:

Cushions supplied extra padding and decoration

verb

Fill or cover (something) with soft material in order to protect it or its contents, make it more comfortable, or give it a particular shape.

Usage examples:

The boxing gloves are padded with impact-resistant foam rubber

verb

Walk with steady steps making a soft dull sound.

Usage examples:

She padded along the corridor

noun

A rectangular cloth bag stuffed with feathers or other soft materials, used to support the head when lying or sleeping.

Usage examples:

At night you sleep on the softest pillow ever, and both sides of the pillowcase are cool.

verb

Rest (one's head) as if on a pillow.

Usage examples:

His head was pillowed on his arm

noun

A cloth bag filled with feathers or soft artificial fibers, esp. one that supports a person’s head while resting or sleeping

Usage examples:

I was asleep the minute my head hit the pillow.

verb

Prolong.

Usage examples:

He had certainly taken his time, even protracting the process

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.

Usage examples:

There was a shuffle of approaching feet

verb

To walk by sliding your feet, rather than lifting them as you step

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] grandfather shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his cane., [ t ] when i a…

noun

A pad of drawing paper for sketching on.

Usage examples:

Taking a small charcoal depiction of a bike from his sketch pad, he turned it upside down and copie…

noun

A young unfledged pigeon.

Usage examples:

Young squabs stretched their legs and body and flapped their wings vigorously.

adjective

(of a person) short and fat.

Usage examples:

A squab, square-featured personage

noun

A young pigeon eaten as food

noun

Matter, material, articles, or activities of a specified or indeterminate kind that are being referred to, indicated, or implied.

Usage examples:

I prefer to buy stuff in sales

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

verb

The tangible substance that goes into a physical object

noun

A mixture used to stuff poultry or meat before cooking.

Usage examples:

Sage and onion stuffing

verb

Fill (a receptacle or space) tightly with something.

Usage examples:

An old teapot stuffed full of cash

noun

Material that is used to fill something

Usage examples:

The stuffing was coming out of the mattress.

noun

A flat slab of stone, clay, or wood, used especially for an inscription.

Usage examples:

At the corner of the apse is a memorial tablet

noun

A small, flat, compressed cake of some substance

noun

A small, round, solid object made of medicine; a pill

Usage examples:

Aspirin tablets, the archaeologists found six tablets recording business transactions from over thr…

verb

Provide (furniture) with a soft, padded covering.

Usage examples:

The chairs were upholstered in red velvet

noun

Soft, padded textile covering that is fixed to furniture such as armchairs and sofas.

Usage examples:

Leather upholstery

noun

The cloth and other materials used in upholstering furniture, or the process of using them

noun

A mass or lump of a soft material, used for padding, stuffing, or wiping.

Usage examples:

A wad of lint-free rag

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

noun

A number of thin pieces of something pressed together, or something pressed into a lump

Usage examples:

A wad of bills/cash, a wad of chewing gum, he wadded his towel into a ball.

noun

Soft, thick material used to line garments or pack fragile items, especially cotton wool formed into a fleecy layer.

Usage examples:

A new generation of low-bulk polyester waddings

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

noun

Any soft material used for filling a space, especially in order to protect something or to give something shape

Usage examples:

The chandelier arrived in a big box, tightly packed around in wadding.