pad

Everyday

1. A pad is a thick piece of soft material used to protect something or make it comfortable, like a knee pad. tree →
2. A pad is a block of sheets of paper fixed together, like a notepad. tree →
3. The pads of an animal's paw are the soft parts underneath. tree →
4. A pad is a flat area, like a launch pad for rockets or a lily pad. tree →
5. To pad means to walk softly and quietly. tree →
6. To pad something means to fill it with soft material. tree →
7. A pad can also be a narrow path worn through grass or woods by feet or animals. tree →

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 →
• Write the shopping list on the notepad. tree →
• The frog sat on a lily pad. tree →
• The cat padded softly across the kitchen. tree →
• The rocket stood on the launch pad. tree →
• Press a clean pad on the cut to stop the bleeding. tree →
• My dog's paw pads are rough. tree →
• The cricket player put on his pads. tree →
• And as they came up the pad, she was sitting at the door, twining straws. tree →

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 →
• 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 →

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.