padding Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort
cushioning.
verb add details to
dramatize; dramatise; embellish; blow up; pad; embroider; lard; aggrandise; aggrandize.
verb walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud
footslog; tramp; trudge; plod; slog; pad.
- Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone
verb line or stuff with soft material
fill out; pad.
- pad a bra
verb add padding to
bolster; pad.
- pad the seat of the chair

The act or process of making a pad or of inserting stuffing.
The material with which anything is padded.
Material of inferior value, serving to extend a book, essay, etc. London Sat. Rev.
(Calico Printing) The uniform impregnation of cloth with a mordant.