pad (1) — OET

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noun

1 Sister will put a pad over your eye for the time being:

dressing, compress, pack, padding, wadding, wad, stuffing.

2 the chair comes with a loose seat pad:

cushion, squab, pillow, bolster;

filling, stuffing, upholstery.

3 he was making notes on a pad:

notebook, notepad, writing pad, memo pad, tablet, sketch pad, sketchbook;

British jotter, block;

North American scratch pad.

verb

a quilted jacket padded with duck feathers for extra warmth:

stuff, fill, pack, line, wad, upholster, cushion.

□ pad something out

don't pad out your answer to make it seem impressive:

spin out, fill out, augment, amplify, increase, add to, stretch out, eke out, flesh out, lengthen, overdo, protract, elaborate.

▷antonyms tighten up; condense.

pad (1) Oxford Dictionary of English