pad

I 1. pæd noun

1) (a soft, cushion-like object made of or filled with a soft material, used to prevent damage by knocking, rubbing etc: She knelt on a pad to clean the floor.) pute, underlag

2) (sheets of paper fixed together: a writing-pad.) skrive-/tegneblokk

3) (a platform from which rockets are sent off: a launching-pad.) utskytingsplattform

2. verb

(to put a pad in or on (for protection, to make big enough etc): The shoes were too big so she padded them with cottonwool.) fôre, stoppe ut, polstre

- padding

- pad out II pæd past tense, past participle - padded; verb

(to walk softly: The dog padded along the road.) rusle, tusle, traske

polstre

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pute

I

subst. \/pæd\/

1) (om underlag) pute, salpute, støtpute

2) stopping, vattering

3) (spesielt på fete kropper) valk

4) notisblokk, skriveblokk, tegneblokk

5) (sport) benskinne

6) (skrive)underlag, teppe

7) bind

8) (om rakett) utskytningsrampe

9) (zoologi) tredepute, pute, fot (hos visse dyr)

10) (kortform for ink pad) stempelpute, svertepute

11) (til polering) polerball, polerhette

12) (telekommunikasjon) dempeledd

13) (slang, amer.) hybel, kåk

14) (botanikk) blad (på vannplante)

electric heating pad varmepute

shoulder pad skulderpute

writing pad skriveunderlag

II

subst. \/pæd\/

1) (slang eller dialekt) sti, vei

2) subbing, tassing, rusling, trasking, traving (om hest)

3) (gammeldags) lett passgjenger

III

verb \/pæd\/

1) fôre ut, stoppe ut

2) polstre

• a padded cell

en polstret celle

3) vattere

• he was wearing a jacket with padded shoulders

han hadde på seg en jakke med skulderputer

pad out fylle ut (med overflødig stoff)

• she always pads out her essay with quotations

hun fyller alltid essayene sine med sitater

IV

verb \/pæd\/

1) rusle, tusle, gå langsomt, subbe, tasse

2) traske, trave

pad it (slang) traske (til fots), trave