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padding

/ˈpædɪŋ/

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verb

Examples :

"She was padding the gift box with tissue paper to protect the fragile ornament. "

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verb

To furnish with a pad or padding.

Examples :

"She is padding the inside of the box with newspaper to protect the fragile ornaments. "

material appearance

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verb

To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.

Examples :

"May 21, 2008, Austin American-Statesman"

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To imbue uniformly with a mordant.

Examples :

"to pad cloth"

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verb

To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.

Examples :

"During the game, the young player was warned for padding, as he was deliberately hitting the ball with his leg guard instead of using the bat. "

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To travel along (a road, path etc.).

Examples :

"We enjoyed padding along the quiet forest path, listening to the birds. "

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To travel on foot.

Examples :

"After his car broke down, John had to pad the five miles to work. "

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To wear a path by walking.

Examples :

"The students were padding a path through the grass between the library and the cafeteria. "

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To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.

Examples :

"I could hear my cat padding softly across the wooden floor in the middle of the night. "

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To practise highway robbery.

Examples :

"The gang planned to padding the delivery truck on its way to the school fundraiser. "

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noun

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

Examples :

"The sofa cushions needed new padding because the old filling had worn out. "

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noun

Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.

Examples :

"The student added padding to their essay, inserting extra spaces to reach the required 500-word limit. "

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noun

Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.

Examples :

"The email contained padding, extra words about the weather, to hide the fact that the important information about the project deadline was near the end. "

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noun

Anything of little value used to fill up space.

Examples :

"That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding."

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