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Noun pad has 7 senses

pad, pad of paper, tablet - a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge
--₁ is a kind of paper
--₁ has particulars: message pad, writing pad; notepad
pad - the large floating leaf of an aquatic plant (as the water lily)
--₂ is a kind of leaf, leafage, foliage
--₂ is a part of aquatic plant, water plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant
--₂ has particulars: lily pad
pad, inkpad, inking pad, stamp pad - a block of absorbent material saturated with ink; used to transfer ink evenly to a rubber stamp
--₃ is a kind of block

pad - a usually thin flat mass of padding
--₄ is a kind of padding, cushioning
--₄ has particulars:

Derived forms: verb pad₄, verb pad₃

launching pad, launchpad, launch pad, launch area, pad - a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched
--₅ is a kind of platform
--₅ is a part of launching site
diggings, digs, domiciliation, lodgings, pad - temporary living quarters
--₆ is a kind of living quarters, quarters
pad - the foot or fleshy cushion-like underside of the toes of an animal
--₇ is a kind of structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
--₇ is a part of paw
Derived form: verb pad₂

Verb pad has 4 senses

embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise - add details to
--₁ is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
--₂ is one way to walk

Derived form: noun pad₇
Sample sentence:
They pad up the hill
pad, fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
--₃ is one way to stuff

Derived forms: noun pad₄, noun padding₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
pad, bolster - add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
--₄ is one way to fill, fill up, make full

Derived forms: noun pad₄, noun padding₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something