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padding en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of pad
    form of pad

padding en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree English pad Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English padding From pad + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Anything of little value used to fill up space.
    • But to my intense surprise, on getting down early the next morning, and eagerly opening the newspapers, there was not a word about the arrest! There was a column of mere padding about “The Styles Poisoning Case,” but nothing further. It was rather inexplicable, but I supposed that, for some reason or other, Japp wished to keep it out of the papers. 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 135:
    • That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding.
  5. (countable, uncountable) The process of mordanting a fabric.
  6. (countable, uncountable) A diaper.
  7. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Robbing on a highway.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
paddings Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

underpadding · stat padding · padding-ken · laughter padding

Synonyms

pamps · diap · diapie · nappy · pamp · padding · diapee · hippins · didy · diapy · dip · gamer pants · gaming pants · diddy · omutsu · napkin · pampie · didee · didie · pamper · dipe · Pampers · pampers

Translations (26)

nl vulling (soft filling material) · sv utfyllnad (extra characters such as spaces added to a record) · pl ocieplina (soft filling material) · fi pehmuste (soft filling material) · ar تَبْطِين (extra characters such as spaces added to a record) · es acolchado (soft filling material) · es floro (extraneous text added to a message) · he ריפוד (soft filling material) · sv stoppning (soft filling material) · grc στοιβή (soft filling material) · ru отступ (extra characters such as spaces added to a record) · fi täyte (extraneous text added to a message) · es floreo (extraneous text added to a message) · mi whakapuru (soft filling material) · ru паддинг (extra characters such as spaces added to a record) · pt acolchoamento (soft filling material) · ota فودره (soft filling material) · fi täyte (extra characters such as spaces added to a record) · fi pehmike (soft filling material) · pl watolina (soft filling material) · sv utfyllnad (extraneous text added to a message) · bg подплънка (soft filling material) · fr rembourrage (soft filling material) · de Füllung (soft filling material) · ca encoixinada (soft filling material) · it imbottitura (soft filling material)