padding
Pronunciation:
/ˈpædɪŋ/verb
Definitions
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
verb
Definitions
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.
noun
Definitions
Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
Anything of little value used to fill up space.
Example: That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding.