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# pad

noun (a pad, pads); verb (pad, pads, padded, padding)

«pad» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A pad is a thick piece of soft material used to protect something or make it comfortable, like a knee pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m1)
2. A pad is a block of sheets of paper fixed together, like a notepad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m2)
3. The pads of an animal's paw are the soft parts underneath. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m3)
4. A pad is a flat area, like a launch pad for rockets or a lily pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m4)
5. To pad means to walk softly and quietly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m5)
6. To pad something means to fill it with soft material. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m6)
7. A pad can also be a narrow path worn through grass or woods by feet or animals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#m7)

### In the lessons

In safety, knee pads, elbow pads and wrist guards protect you when skateboarding or rollerblading; cricket and hockey players wear pads. In school, you write notes on a pad of paper. In science, cats' and dogs' paw pads help them walk quietly and grip; frogs sit on lily pads; rockets launch from a launch pad. In first aid, a gauze pad covers a cut. In stories, a cat «padded» across the room silently.

### Examples

- Wear knee pads when you go skating. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x1)
- Write the shopping list on the notepad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x2)
- The frog sat on a lily pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x3)
- The cat padded softly across the kitchen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x4)
- The rocket stood on the launch pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x5)
- Press a clean pad on the cut to stop the bleeding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x6)
- My dog's paw pads are rough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x7)
- The cricket player put on his pads. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x8)
- And as they came up the pad, she was sitting at the door, twining straws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/#x9)

### Note

Countable: a pad, pads. Verb forms: padded, padding (double d). «Padded» = filled with soft material (a padded jacket). «Pad» is also slang for a home. A «touchpad» or «keypad» is part of a computer or phone.

## In Jewish tradition

Ezekiel condemns women who made magic bands and cushions to trap people, and God promises to tear them off.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads it as a warning against false prophecy and fortune-telling, which lead people astray.

### Examples

- and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pad/#x1)
- Your pads also will I tear, and deliver My people out of your hand, and they shall be no more in your hand to be hunted; and ye shall know that I am the LORD. (Prophets EZK.13.21, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pad/#x2)

### Note

Countable: a pad, pads. Verb forms: padded, padding (double d). «Padded» = filled with soft material (a padded jacket). «Pad» is also slang for a home. A «touchpad» or «keypad» is part of a computer or phone.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «pad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pad/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pad» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/pad.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «pad» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/pad/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«pad» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/pad.html) on Mova free.