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A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.

A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

A soft, or small, cushion.

A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.

To stuff.

To furnish with a pad or padding.

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

Example: May 21, 2008, Austin American-Statesman

To imbue uniformly with a mordant.

Example: to pad cloth

A toad.

A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. See footpad.

An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.

A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.

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

To travel on foot.

To wear a path by walking.

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

The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

Example: I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.