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Synonyms for padded

Grammar : Adj
Spell : pad
Phonetic Transcription : pæd

Définition of padded

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."
  • adj stuffed
Example sentences :
  • When she could not sleep, she got up and padded to the window in bare feet.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Henry said, pointing to a great slab of thick pudding, padded with currants.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Padded boots, two sizes too large for them, met the difficulty of small feet.
  • Extract from : « Australia Revenged » by Boomerang
  • Mom, dozing in the big chair near the fireplace, padded upstairs at nine.
  • Extract from : « Dream Town » by Henry Slesar
  • He was no longer lying on the padded bench beneath the mentrol hood.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Basil Eugene Wells
  • She placed him gently, at full length, upon the padded floor.
  • Extract from : « The Dragon Painter » by Mary McNeil Fenollosa
  • The rough places of life had been padded for all these young women.
  • Extract from : « The Highgrader » by William MacLeod Raine
  • The book of life's padded, ah but padded—a deplorable want of editing!
  • Extract from : « The Tragic Muse » by Henry James
  • He had two long stops, one of whom padded his chest with straw.
  • Extract from : « Highways & Byways in Sussex » by E.V. Lucas
  • There were no relieving sounds of voice or wing or padded foot.
  • Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

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