present participle of pad

Soft filling material used in cushions etc. / (computing) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.

plural of padding

(Britain, dialectal, Australia, Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or unmaintained; a road or track. / An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.

(Britain, dialectal) A type of wickerwork basket, especially as used as a measure of fish or other goods.

(transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.). / (intransitive) To travel on foot. / (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.

The sound of soft footsteps, or a similar noise made by an animal etc.

(Britain, dialectal) A toad.

(transitive) To stuff. / (transitive) To furnish with a pad or padding. / (transitive) To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler. / (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.