padded Definition

pad¹
noun

1. A wad of material used to cushion, protect, shape or clean.
2. A leg-guard for a cricketer, etc.
3. A quantity of sheets of paper fixed together into a block. Also in compounds.

Example: notepad
4. A rocket-launching platform.
5. The soft fleshy underside of an animal's paw.
(N Amer)
6. A large water lily leaf.
7. slang
The place where someone lives.
Thesaurus: apartment (US), home, residence, living quarters, room, flat.

verb padded, padding

1. To cover, fill, stuff, cushion or shape something with layers of soft material.

Thesaurus: cushion, protect, line, wrap, fill, stuff.
2. derog
To include unnecessary or irrelevant material in (a piece of writing, speech, etc) for the sake of length.
Thesaurus: increase, augment, enlarge, amplify, expand, inflate, elaborate.
Form: pad something out (also)

Etymology: 16c.

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pad²
verb padded, padding

intr
1. To walk softly or with a quiet or muffled tread.
tr & intr
2. To tramp along (a road); to travel on foot.

Etymology: 16c: Dutch, meaning ‘path'.