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# padding

noun (padding; uncountable); also -ing form of «pad»

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

## Everyday

1. Soft material used to fill or cover something, to make it comfortable or to protect it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#m1)
2. Extra words or material added to make something longer but not better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#m2)
3. (computing) Space added around something on a screen or web page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#m3)
4. Padding can also mean walking softly and quietly, with light steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#m4)

### In the lessons

In safety and sport: protective padding in helmets, shin pads and car seats absorbs the force of a bump. In design and technology: «add padding» to a cushion or soft toy. In English lessons: avoid padding — write what matters. In computing lessons on web pages: «padding» is the space inside a box.

### Examples

- The helmet has thick padding inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x1)
- We stuffed the cushion with padding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x2)
- The padding in my shoe makes it comfy. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x3)
- Rugby players wear padding on their shoulders. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x4)
- Pack the vase with lots of padding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x5)
- Your story has too much padding; cut the boring parts. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x6)
- The cat was padding quietly down the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x7)
- And so it happened with a fox, a hare, a boar, and a bear, till each prince had quite a following of young beasts padding along behind him. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/padding/#x8)

### Note

Uncountable: «some padding», not «a padding». In science, padding protects because it spreads a force over more time and area, so the bump is softer.

## On Mova

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