(pad) noun
1. A cushion; also, any stuffed, cushionlike thing serving to protect from jarring, friction, etc.
2. A launching pad.
3. A soft saddle.
4. A number of sheets of paper packed and gummed together at the edge; a tablet.
5. A large floating leaf of an aquatic plant: a lily pad.
6. A soft cushionlike enlargement of skin on the under surface of the toes of many animals.
7. The foot of a fox, otter, etc.
8. The footprint of an animal.
9. A pulvillus.
10. Slang A room or apartment; lodgings.
—v.t. pad·ded, pad·ding
1. To stuff, line, or protect with pads or padding.
2. To lengthen (speech or writing) by inserting unnecessary matter.
3. To expand (an expense account) by recording non–existent expenditures. [Origin unknown]

(pad) v.i. pad·ded, pad·ding
1. To travel by walking; tramp; trudge.
2. To move with soft, almost noiseless footsteps.
—noun A dull, padded sound, as of a footstep. [Related to PAD³ (path). Cf. LG padden tread.]

(pad) noun
1. An easy–paced road horse: also pad horse.
2. A footpad; a highwayman.
3. Brit. Dial. A path; road. [<LG pad path]