pad
- noun
- /pæd/
- You should place the pad on your back to relieve muscle tension.
- absorbent pad
- use pads
- wear pads
Just wipe this pad all over your skin.
- Just wipe this pad all over your skin.
- So I'm doing what they said and taking a cotton pad to wipe.
- So that's your sleeping bag and ground pad, extra socks, foot powder.
- What I do, I have little red pee pads, so it matches my.
- So now I'm applying the pads go higher.
- Oh, we've got just a pad situation as well.
- Even pads, you know, a lot of pads have synthetic fibers as well.
Examples
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Just wipe this pad all over your skin.
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They also have free pads and tampons for women.
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OK Do I put it on the pad on my eye?
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Place your left hand on the pad.
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And what I like about these pads is how thick they are.
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So I'm doing what they said and taking a cotton pad to wipe.
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I realized that I had a changing pad on our dresser.
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Lily lay quiet for a while on the thin foam pad and watched Hawk.
Fiction book (1990) -
There's aloe on the pad to prevent scarring.
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They claim that this thermal pad performs as well as thermal paste.
Synonyms
A soft bag filled with feathers or foam used to make a seat more comfortable
Soft material placed inside clothes or seats to make them warm and comfortable
A piece of paper that soaks up extra ink from writing
A small pad soaked with ink used to put ink on a rubber stamp
Paper used to soak up extra ink when writing or printing
A small pad soaked with ink that you press a rubber block on to mark paper
A small block soaked with ink that you press a rubber stamp onto
Compounds
A hard rounded piece worn over the shoulder to protect from hits in sports like football or hockey
- Specialized
A flat piece in a car that presses the brake disc to slow or stop a wheel
- Specialized
A strong platform that rockets or spacecraft use to start their flight
- US
A small metal pad that you use to scrub hard stains from pots, pans, and kitchen surfaces
A thin material put under a rug to stop it sliding, protect the floor, and make it softer
- Specialized
A device that senses weight when someone steps on it and makes something happen
A small cleaning tool of thin metal threads used to remove dirt or smooth surfaces
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 Protective
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pad as a soft or absorbent piece comes from the basic idea of a small soft 'pad' made to protect or hold things. So a wound pad, knee pad, or table pad is a soft piece used for protection or comfort.