You can make 5 words from pad according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of pad
pad apd pda dpa adp dap
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Definitions and meaning of pad
pad
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pæd/
Hyphenation: pad
Rhymes: -æd
Etymology 1
1554, "bundle of straw to lie on", probably from Low German or West Flemishpad(“sole of the foot”), perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European*pent-(“to pass”), which would make it related to both path and find.
Noun
pad (pluralpads)
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 soft area on the ends of a digit:
A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the underside of the toes of animals.
The mostly hairless flesh located on the bottom of an animal's foot or paw.
Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.
Synonyms:palp, pulp
A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.
A menstrual pad; a mass of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
(US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.
(cricket) A soft cover for a batsman's leg that protects the player from damage when hit by the ball.
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.
A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.
Ellipsis of keypad.
Ellipsis of mouse pad.
A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.
Synonym:helipad
An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket on one end; a "trip cord".
The effect produced by sustained lower reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.
(music) A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.
Synonym:synth pad
(US, slang) A bed.
(colloquial) A small house, apartment, or mobile home occupied by a single person; such as a bachelor, playboy, etc.
(UK, slang) A prison cell.
(cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.
(electronics) The amount by which a signal has been reduced.
(nautical) A piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck.
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Verb
pad (third-person singular simple presentpads, present participlepadding, simple past and past participlepadded)
(transitive) To stuff.
(transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding.
(transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
(transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
(transitive, cricket) To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
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Etymology 2
From Middle Englishpade, padde, from Old Englishpadde, from Proto-Germanic*paddǭ(“toad”). Cognate with Dutchpad, German Low GermanPad(“toad”), dialectal GermanPadde, Danishpadde, Swedishpadda, Icelandicpadda(“toad”), and possibly to Englishpaddle.
Alternative forms
padde
Noun
pad (pluralpads)
(British, dialectal) A toad.
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Etymology 3
From Dutchpad or Middle Low Germanpat(“path”). Doublet of path.
Noun
pad (pluralpads)
(British dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A path, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a track made by animals.
1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 36:
And when the map shows that the creek will no longer take him where he wants to go, then he looks for an animal pad and follows it, getting down on his belly and wriggling under thorny bush when he has to.
An easy-paced horse; a padnag.
(British, obsolete) A robber who infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.
(British, obsolete) A tramp or itinerant musician.
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Etymology 4
Perhaps an alteration of ped.
Noun
pad (pluralpads)
(British, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.
Etymology 5
Probably partly from Middle Low German [Term?], partly imitative. Some senses possibly influenced by pad(“soft part of an animal's foot”, noun).
Verb
pad (third-person singular simple presentpads, present participlepadding, simple past and past participlepadded)
(transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).
(intransitive) To travel on foot.
(intransitive) To wear a path by walking.
(intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
(intransitive, obsolete) To practise highway robbery.
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Etymology 6
Probably imitative, perhaps related to or influenced by Etymology 5, above.
Interjection
pad
Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.
I heard her soft footsteps, pad, pad along the corridor.
Translations
Noun
pad (pluralpads)
The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.
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Derived terms
padless
References
Pad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
See also
pad thai
Anagrams
ADP, APD, DPA, PDA, dap
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutchpad.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [pɑt]
Noun
pad (pluralpaaie, diminutivepaadjie)
path; way; street
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑt/
Hyphenation: pad
Rhymes: -ɑt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutchpat, from Old Dutchpath, from Proto-West Germanic*paþ, from Proto-Germanic*paþaz(“path”). Cognate with Englishpath, West Frisianpaad and GermanPfad.
Noun
padn (pluralpaden, diminutivepaadjen)
path (narrow road, usually unpaved)
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Descendants
Afrikaans: pad
Berbice Creole Dutch: pata
Jersey Dutch: pât, pāt
Negerhollands: pad, pat
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchpadde, pedde, from Old Dutch*padda, from Proto-West Germanic*paddā, from Proto-Germanic*paddǭ(“toad”).
Noun
padf (pluralpadden, diminutivepadjen)
toad (an amphibian of the order Anura similar to a frog with shorter legs and more ragged skin)
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Descendants
Afrikaans: padda
Etymology 3
Noun
padc (pluralpadden, diminutivepadjen)
(cycling) The slot in the frame that accepts the axle of the wheel; dropout.
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language, compare Serbo-Croatianpod.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈpɒd]
Rhymes: -ɒd
Noun
pad (pluralpadok)
bench
(education)desk(of students in school, traditionally built together with the seats)
Synonym:iskolapad
(religion)pew(in a church)
(law)dock(of the defendant, in court), stand(of a witness, in court)
(dialectal) attic, loft
Synonym:padlás
Declension
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Further reading
pad in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*paidu, from Proto-Germanic*paidō.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pɑːd/
Noun
pādf
an outer garment, coat, cloak
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: *pod(attested in pod ware)
English: pod
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /pat/
Rhymes: -at
Syllabification: pad
Homophone: pat
Etymology 1
Deverbal from padać.
Noun
padm inan
(sports) a quick fall with the whole body to the ground
Etymology 2
Clipping of gamepad.
Noun
padm inan
(video games) gamepad
Synonyms:gamepad, joypad
Declension
Further reading
pad in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN