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Noun padding has 1 sense
  1. padding, cushioning - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
    --1 is a kind of artifact, artefact
    --1 has substances:
     cotton, cotton wool; kapok, silk cotton, vegetable silk; straw
     --1 has particulars: cushion; falsie; pad; stuffing
    Derived forms: verb pad3, verb pad4
,Verb pad has 4 senses
  1. embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise - add details to
    --1 is one way to overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something with something
  2. slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp - walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone"
    --2 is one way to walk
    Derived form: noun pad7
    Sample sentence:
    They pad up the hill
  3. pad, fill out - line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra"
    --3 is one way to stuff
    Derived forms: noun pad4, noun padding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something with something
  4. pad, bolster - add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair"
    --4 is one way to fill, fill up, make full
    Derived forms: noun pad4, noun padding1
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s something PP
    Somebody ----s something with something
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