pad betydelse and definition

Betydelse av pad på svenska

• 0 a piece of soft, thick cloth or rubber, used to protect a part of the body, give shape to something, or clean something:

  • a knee/shoulder pad

  • Soccer players often wear shin pads to protect their legs.

  • In the 1980s, shoulder pads were very fashionable in women's clothes.

  • She wiped her eye make-up off with a cotton wool pad.

• 1 a number of pieces of paper that have been fastened together along one side, used for writing or drawing on:

  • I have a pad and pencil for taking notes.

  • I always keep a pad of paper by the phone.

• 2 a hard flat area of ground where helicopters can take off and land, or from which rockets are sent:

  • The hotel has its own helicopter pad.

  • Missiles have been launched from their pads deep in enemy territory.

  • a lily pad

• 3 the soft part under the paw (= foot) of a cat, dog, etc.

• 4 a person's house or apartment:

  • a bachelor pad

• 5 to put pieces of soft material in something to make it soft, give it a different shape, or protect what is inside:

  • These boots are padded with shock-resistant foam.

• 6 to walk without making a noise:

  • She pads around the house in bare feet.

  • He padded across the thick carpet.

• 7 a number of sheets of paper glued along one edge so that they can be easily carried about together but separated as needed:

  • He gave me a pencil and laid a pad on my bed for me to write on.

• 8 a flat piece of soft material used to protect a surface, to prevent injury to a person, or to give a fuller shape to clothing:

  • Hockey players wear these pillow-thick leg pads.

  • A carpet and pad on the floor help insulate against the cold.

• 9 a person’s house or apartment:

  • a bachelor pad

• 10 to walk with a soft, light step:

  • She padded silently into his bedroom.

• 11 If you pad a document or report, you add something extra that is unnecessary or not correct:

  • Lawyers occasionally pad their hours.

• 12 a number of pieces of paper that have been fastened together along one side, and used for writing or drawing on:

  • She took out a small pad and began to write.

  • a writing/memo/sketch pad

• 13 to make something become or seem larger by adding things:

  • She accused those who advertise tobacco of padding their bank accounts by selling the health and future of our young people.

  • pad sth with sth The scheme involved padding customers' long-distance phone bills with fake charges.