a pad

Definition of a pad in English English dictionary
pad: A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad
pad: An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"
pad: To wear a path by walking
pad: To imbue uniformly with a mordant
to pad cloth.
pad: To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes
Their feet padded softly on the ground, and they crept quite close to him, twitching their noses, while the Rabbit stared hard to see which side the clockwork stuck out.
pad: A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on
pad: To stuff
pad: The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc
pad: A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext
pad: A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising
pad: A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on
pad: a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
pad: A sanitary napkin
pad: To practise highway robbery
pad: A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc
pad: A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch
pad: A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched
pad: A bed
pad: An animal's foot or paw
pad: A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals
pad: To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.)
Obama pads delegate lead ... with win in key western state. Austin American-Statesman newspaper, May 21, 2008.
pad: A pad is a fairly thick, flat piece of a material such as cloth or rubber. Pads are used, for example, to clean things, to protect things, or to change their shape. He withdrew the needle and placed a pad of cotton-wool over the spot. a scouring pad
pad: {n} an easy-paced horse, saddle, path, robber
pad: {v} to travel gently, beat a way smooth, rob
pad: {i} piece of soft material which cushions; block of pages stacked together and connected on one side; one's lodging, apartment (Slang); sanitary napkin; soft padded sections on the bottom of an animal's paw; sound of footsteps
pad: A pad of paper is a number of pieces of paper which are fixed together along the top or the side, so that each piece can be torn off when it has been used. She wrote on a pad of paper Have a pad and pencil ready and jot down some of your thoughts
pad: An easy-paced horse; a padnag
pad: To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding
pad: A nonadjustable passive network that reduces the power level of a signal without introducing appreciable distortion
pad: When someone pads somewhere, they walk there with steps that are fairly quick, light, and quiet. Freddy speaks very quietly and pads around in soft velvet slippers I often bumped into him as he padded the corridors
pad: A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant
pad: Packet Assembler/Disassembler Allows access to a packet data network from a circuit-switched network
pad: – 1) An attenuator usually used to prevent overload of amplifier that follows 2) A device with a surface that can be hit by a drum stick; hitting the pad produces an output signal pulse (or MIDI command) that causes a drum machine or synthesizer to sound a drum sound
pad: to deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat
pad: A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods
pad: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal
pad: To fill or lengthen (a story, ones importance, etc.)
pad: walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
pad: Pre-Advisory Data: the crew had pre-printed forms on which they could write lift-off times and other data they would need in the event that communications was lost with Houston Before and after each rest period, the CapCom would read up a list of lift-off times covering the next 10 to 12 hours and, prior to launch, a longer list of data was read up
pad: To travel along (a road, path etc.)
pad: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
pad: add details to
pad: The act of robbing on the highway
pad: Packet Assembler-Disassembler (network) Device used to access packet switching netowrk It adapts terminals working in character by character mode into devices compatible with the X25 standard
pad: An attenuator, typically used to reduce mic output to avoid equipment input overload
pad: Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers
pad: abbr Packet Assembler/Disassembler
pad: A PAD assembles packets of asynchronous data and sends these buffers in a burst to a packet-switched network The PAD also disassembles packets from the network and sends the data to the non-packet device
pad: the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal a usually thin flat mass of padding a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily) a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
pad: one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising
pad: A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame
pad: A toad
pad: Packet Assembler and Disassembler: A PAD assembles packets of asynchronous data and emits these buffers in a burst to a packet switch network The PAD also disassembles packets from the network and emits the data to the non-packet device
pad: The filling of unused positions in a field or character string with dummy data (such as zeros or blanks)
pad: A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck
pad: If you pad something, you put something soft in it or over it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. Pad the back of a car seat with a pillow I can tell you I always padded my bras. + padded pad·ded a padded jacket. back-rests padded with camel's wool. see also padding
pad: A cushionlike thickening of the skin one the under side of the toes of animals
pad: A keypad
pad: A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles
pad: the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
pad: A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals; an animals foot or paw
pad: A soft, or small, cushion
pad: A network, of fixed resistors, that attenuates signals by a fixed amount with negligible distortion (188) Note: The resistive network is called an attenuator if the resistance is adjustable
pad: a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
pad: A pad is a platform or an area of flat, hard ground where helicopters take off and land or rockets are launched. a little round helicopter pad. a landing pad on the back of the ship see also launch pad
pad: the effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music
pad: A place of residence
pad: A stuffed guard or protection; esp
pad: A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting; esp
pad: A footpath; a road or track
pad: a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
pad: To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth
pad: – Packet Assembler and Disassembler converts data into packets and vice versa
pad: line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra
pad: A device used in a packet switched network to convert data to an appropriate format so that a non X 25 (non-packet switching) device can send information over an X 25 (packet switched) network, The pad is responsible for call set up and addressing routines
pad: To travel upon foot; to tread
pad: Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps
pad: The pads of a person's fingers and toes or of an animal's feet are the soft, fleshy parts of them. Tap your cheeks all over with the pads of your fingers
pad: one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper, or layers of blotting paper; a block of paper
pad: a usually thin flat mass of padding
pad: To travel on foot
pad: packet assembly/disassembly
pad: An interface device that buffers data sent to and from character mode devices, and assembles and disassembles the packets needed for X 25 operation
pad: a batsmans leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball
pad: To fill unused positions in a field with data, usually 0's, 1's, or blanks
pad: {f} cushion; fill; fill out; walk, go by foot
pad: add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
pad: Packet Assembler/Disassembler
pad: To furnish with a pad or padding
pad: To travel heavily or slowly
pad: A footpath; a road
pad: (packet assembler/disassembler) A device that accepts characters from a terminal or host computer It then puts the characters into packets that a packet switching network can handle It also accepts packets from the network, then disassembles them into character streams that the terminal or host can handle
pad: temporary living quarters
pad: Packet Assembler Dis-assembler
pad: To rob on foot
pad: To fill unused positions in a field with dummy data, usually zeros, ones, or blanks
pad: a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
pad: A soft, or small, cushion; a mass of anything soft; stuffing
pad: A electronic resistance device that reduces an audio signal by a set amount Often used in sound desks to reduce a high level signal coming into a control channel
pad: Packet Assembler/Disassembler A protocol converter which allows devices not equipped for packet switching to communicate over an X 25 network
pad: Packet Assembler/Dissembler
pad: packet assembler-disassembler
pad: A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman; usually called a footpad
pad: 1) An attenuator usually used to prevent overload of amplifier that follows 2) A device with a surface that can be hit by a drum stick; hitting the pad produces an output signal pulse (or MIDI command) that causes a drum machine or synthesizer to sound a drum sound