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Noun padding has 1 sense
- padding, cushioning - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
--1 is a kind of artifact, artefact
--1 has substances:
--1 has particulars: cushion; falsie; pad; stuffing
Verb pad has 4 senses
- embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise - add details to
--1 is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
- slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
--2 is one way to walk
Sample sentence:
They pad up the hill
- pad, fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
--3 is one way to stuff
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
- pad, bolster - add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
--4 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
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