<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>A cushionlike mass of soft material used for comfort, protection, or stuffing.</li><li>A soft, stuffed cushion used as a saddle; a padded leather saddle without a tree.</li><li>A number of sheets of paper glued or otherwise held together at one edge to form a tablet.</li><li>A soft, ink-soaked block of absorbent material for inking a rubber stamp.</li><li>Anatomy, Zoology: any fleshy mass of tissue that cushions a weight-bearing part of the body, as on the underside of a paw.</li><li>The foot, as of a fox, hare, or wolf.</li><li>A piece or fold of gauze or other absorbent material for use as a surgical dressing or a protective covering.</li><li>Zoology: a pulvillus, as on the tarsus or foot of an insect.</li><li>A lily pad.</li><li>Rocketry: launch pad.</li><li>Slang: one's living quarters, as an apartment or room.</li><li>One's bed.</li><li>A room where people gather to take narcotics; an addict's den.</li><li>Slang: money paid as a bribe to and shared among police officers, as for ignoring law violations.</li><li>A list of police officers receiving such money.</li><li>Electricity: a nonadjustable attenuator consisting of a network of fixed resistors.</li><li>Shipbuilding: a metal plate riveted or welded to a surface as a base or attachment for bolts, hooks, eyes, etc.</li><li>A piece of wood laid on the back of a deck beam to give the deck surface a desired amount of camber.</li><li>Carpentry: a handle for holding various small, interchangeable saw blades.</li><li>A socket in a brace for a bit.</li><li>Metallurgy: a raised surface on a casting.</li><li>A small deposit of weld metal, as for building up a worn surface.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>To furnish, protect, fill out, or stuff with a pad or padding.</li><li>To expand or add to unnecessarily or dishonestly: to pad a speech; to pad an expense account.</li><li>Metallurgy: to add metal to (a casting) above its required dimensions, to ensure the flow of enough metal to all parts.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>To insure the proper forging of a piece.</li></ul>