pad

pad
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noun
1 pieces of paper fastened together at one edge
ADJECTIVE
memo, note (usually notepad), scratch (AmE)
drawing, sketch
writing
prescription
PREPOSITION
on a/the pad

She doodled on a pad as she spoke.

2 thick piece of soft material
ADJECTIVE
thick
adhesive
cotton (AmE), cotton-wool (BrE), foam, gauze, gel, rubber
polishing, scouring, steel-wool
menstrual (esp. AmE), sanitary
incontinence (esp. BrE)
mattress, sleeping (both AmE)
mouse (esp. AmE) (usually mouse mat in BrE)

Every computer user should have a good mouse pad.

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verb
1 be padded be filled/covered with soft material
ADVERB
heavily

She was wearing a warm coat and heavily padded gloves.

well
PREPOSITION
with

The shoulder straps are padded with foam.

2 move quietly
ADVERB
quietly, silently, softly
barefoot
about (esp. BrE), around

He padded around in his socks eating cereal.

PREPOSITION
about (esp. BrE), around

She padded softly around the house.

across

He padded barefoot across the carpet.

along

The cat padded silently along the track.

to, towards/toward
Pad is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cat
Pad is used with these nouns as the object: ↑résumé

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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