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Antonyms for pad

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : pad
Phonetic Transcription : pæd

Definition of pad

Origin :
  • 1550s, "bundle of straw to lie on," possibly from or related to Low German or obsolete Flemish pad "sole of the foot," which is perhaps from PIE *pent- "to tread, go" (see find (v.)), but cf. path (n.). Meaning "cushion-like part of an animal foot" is from 1790 in English. Generalized sense of "something soft" is from c.1700; the sense of "a number of sheets fastened together" (in writing pad, drawing pad, etc.) is from 1865.
  • Sense of "takeoff or landing place for a helicopter" is from 1960. The word persisted in underworld slang from early 18c. in the sense "sleeping place," and was popularized again c.1959, originally in beatnik speech (later hippie slang) in its original English sense of "place to sleep temporarily."
  • noun tablet of paper
  • noun dwelling, room
  • verb protect with cushioning
  • verb elaborate, amplify
  • verb walk quietly; walk ploddingly
Example sentences :
  • He went over to the desk and began to scribble a name on the pad of paper.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • For seconds, there was revealed the busy stenographer, bent over his pad.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • "We are very glad to welcome you to the McKee family," was what was written on the pad.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • "Write it on the regular form," she said, and pushed a pad and pencil toward him.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • The upholsterer should so fill the pad that the wearer will have difficulty in balancing it.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • He drew a pad toward him, took out his pencil, and the two set to work.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • The major looked at him sharply, then shoved a pad across the desk.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier Over Berlin » by Al Avery
  • Leaving her with a pad upon which he had scribbled "Patience, Fatima, wife of Bluebeard!"
  • Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
  • I had the light drag on, and I did not thumb the pad hard, but the tuna broke the line.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
  • The pad is to keep the vibrations of the alarm from making the plate vibrate.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

Synonyms for pad

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