pad
part of speech
noun (a pad, pads); verb (pad, pads, padded, padding)
meaning for a pupil
1) A pad is a thick piece of soft material used to protect something or make it comfortable, like a knee pad. tree →
2) A pad is a block of sheets of paper fixed together, like a notepad. tree →
3) The pads of an animal's paw are the soft parts underneath. tree →
4) A pad is a flat area, like a launch pad for rockets or a lily pad. tree →
5) To pad means to walk softly and quietly. tree →
6) To pad something means to fill it with soft material. tree →
7) A pad can also be a narrow path worn through grass or woods by feet or animals. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Ezekiel condemns women who made magic bands and cushions to trap people, and God promises to tear them off. Interpretation: Tradition reads it as a warning against false prophecy and fortune-telling, which lead people astray. In the primary lessons: In safety, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards protect you when skateboarding or rollerblading; cricket and hockey players wear pads. In school, you write notes on a pad of paper. In science, cats' and dogs' paw pads help them walk quietly and grip; frogs sit on lily pads; rockets launch from a launch pad. In first aid, a gauze pad covers a cut. In stories, a cat «padded» across the room silently.
examples
- and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. (Prophets EZK.13.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- Wear knee pads when you go skating. tree →
- Write the shopping list on the notepad. tree →
- The frog sat on a lily pad. tree →
- The cat padded softly across the kitchen. tree →
- The rocket stood on the launch pad. tree →
- Press a clean pad on the cut to stop the bleeding. tree →
- My dog's paw pads are rough. tree →
- The cricket player put on his pads. tree →
- And as they came up the pad, she was sitting at the door, twining straws. tree →
note
Countable: a pad, pads. Verb forms: padded, padding (double d). «Padded» = filled with soft material (a padded jacket). «Pad» is also slang for a home. A «touchpad» or «keypad» is part of a computer or phone.
In the corpora
- Recorder players cover the holes with the soft, flat pads of their fingers, because hard fingertips leave gaps that make squeaks.
- A cow wraps its long rough tongue round grass because it has no top front teeth, only a hard pad.
- A warthog's «warts» are thick bumpy pads that protect its face in fights.
- Wrist guards, elbow pads, knee pads and a helmet protect the parts that hit the ground in a fall.
- Shin pads protect the shins in football.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «pad» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.