pad out

pad out
a) To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.

Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources.

b) To sleep or go to bed.

Have you heard about girls padding out their bras to make their boobs look bigger?


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  • pad out — ˌpad ˈout [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pad out he/she/it pads out present participle padding out past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • pad out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms pad out : present tense I/you/we/they pad out he/she/it pads out present participle padding out past tense padded out past participle padded out to put unnecessary information into something to make it longer… …   English dictionary

  • pad out — in. to go to bed or to sleep. (See also pad.) □ Man, if I don’t pad out by midnight, I’m a zombie. □ Why don’t you people go home so I can pad out? …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • pad out — PHRASAL VERB If you pad out a piece of writing or a speech with unnecessary words or pieces of information, you include them in it to make it longer and hide the fact that you have not got very much to say. [V P n (not pron) with n] The reviewer… …   English dictionary

  • pad out — don t pad out your answer to make it seem impressive Syn: expand unnecessarily, fill out, amplify, increase, flesh out, lengthen, spin out, overdo, elaborate …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • pad — Ⅰ. pad [1] ► NOUN 1) a thick piece of soft or absorbent material. 2) the fleshy underpart of an animal s foot or of a human finger. 3) a protective guard worn over a part of the body by a sports player. 4) a number of sheets of blank paper… …   English terms dictionary

  • pad — pad1 S3 [pæd] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(soft material)¦ 2¦(paper)¦ 3¦(flat ground)¦ 4¦(animal s foot)¦ 5¦(apartment)¦ 6¦(water plant)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Perhaps from Low German, bottom surface of the foot ] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pad — pad1 [ pæd ] noun * ▸ 1 thick piece of material ▸ 2 book of paper ▸ 3 for helicopters/rockets ▸ 4 where someone lives ▸ 5 on finger/foot ▸ 6 soft sound of walking 1. ) count a thick piece of a substance such as cloth, used for protecting… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • pad */ — I UK [pæd] / US noun Word forms pad : singular pad plural pads 1) [countable] a thick piece of a substance such as cloth, used for protecting something You need pads on your knees and elbows for rollerblading. knee/elbow/shin pads a) a piece of a …   English dictionary

  • pad — I. /pæd / (say pad) noun 1. a cushion like mass of some soft material, for comfort, protection, or stuffing. 2. a guard for the leg, containing padding and stiffeners, as worn by those batting and wicketkeeping in cricket, goalkeeping in hockey,… …  

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