to pad
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6.5
- verb
- /pæd/
- Then they turn around and cut our jobs to pad their profits and boost their stock price!
- pad hours
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Watch on YouTubeThe service has added to it, but it's still kind of padded by things like DLC, season passes, stuff like that.
- The service has added to it, but it's still kind of padded by things like DLC, season passes, stuff like that.
- They're being paid a full time salary and quietly completing output in roughly an hour a day while padding hours.
- GSA stands for General Services Administration, which sounds, I think, like a fake company you use to pad your resume.
Examples
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In an effort to pad the presentation, she added several colorful graphs that weren't necessary.
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Now, I might have padded out your CV a bit.
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Random facts to pad out the end of a show.
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I really wonder what kind of market research these folks pad their expense reports with.
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Yeah, it pads out my resume, but am I growing as a person?
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Yet there were a couple of times where he clearly had kind of padded his resume, so to speak.
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Who doesn't pad their resume?
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What good is an expense account if you don't pad it once in a while?
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I'm assuming these lies were to pad her application, and if so, they're not really relevant.
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Promotion files are padded not only with sham CVs but also with sham review letters.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
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4.6
To make something seem more important or serious than it really is
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6.1
To add extra details to a story, sometimes making it less true
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4.2
To make something seem more exciting or important than it really is
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9.5
To make something seem more important by adding details or exaggerating
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4.2
To make something seem more important or bigger than it really is
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5.5
To add extra details to a story that often make it less true
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7.7
To add extra details to speech or writing to make it more interesting
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6.5
To add extra not needed words or details to make a text longer
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5.1
Make something seem much bigger or more important than it is
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7.2
To add small not needed decorations to clothes or events to make them seem fancier
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6.6
Describe something as more important or impressive than it really is
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3.4
To make something seem larger or more important than it is
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7.7
Make something look more attractive by adding decorations
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9.9
To add too many details and ruin something
To add too much detail and make something more complicated than needed
To make writing or an answer longer than necessary
To put too many details or ingredients into something so it becomes bad
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
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3.0
A flat piece in a car that presses the brake disc to slow or stop a wheel
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2.9
A hard rounded piece worn over the shoulder to protect from hits in sports like football or hockey
- US
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3.7
A small metal pad that you use to scrub hard stains from pots, pans, and kitchen surfaces
- Specialized
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4.4
A strong platform that rockets or spacecraft use to start their flight
- Specialized
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4.2
A device that senses weight when someone steps on it and makes something happen
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3.8
A thin material put under a rug to stop it sliding, protect the floor, and make it softer
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3.2
A small cleaning tool of thin metal threads used to remove dirt or smooth surfaces
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1.1
A small flat piece of cloth or sponge that you use to rub dirt off surfaces like a stove
An electronic device or app that lets you put words and pictures on the screen and save them
How Exaggerated
Surface Forms
Etymology
To pad (add extra or unnecessary details) comes from the idea of 'padding' something with extra material to make it look bigger or better. So when someone pads a resume or a report, they add extra bits to make it seem more impressive.