FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.

n A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.

n A soft, or small, cushion.

n A cushion-like thickening of the skin on the under side of the toes of animals.

n An animal's foot or paw.

n Any cushion-like part of the human body, especially the ends of the fingers.

n A stuffed guard or protection, especially one worn on the legs of horses to prevent bruising.

n A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure, support a part, etc.

n A sanitary napkin.

n (US) A floating leaf of a water lily or similar plant.

n (cricket) a batsman's leg pad that protects it from damage when hit by the ball

n A kind of cushion for writing upon, or for blotting, especially one formed of many flat sheets of writing paper; now especially such a block of paper sheets as used to write on.

n A panel or strip of material designed to be sensitive to pressure or touch.

n A keypad.

n A flat surface or area from which a helicopter or other aircraft may land or be launched.

n An electrical extension cord with a multi-port socket one end: "trip cord"

n The effect produced by sustained lower reeds | reed notes in a musical piece, most common in blues music.

n A synthesizer instrument sound used for sustained background sounds.

n (US|slang) A bed.

n (colloquial) A place of residence.

n (cryptography) A random key (originally written on a disposable pad) of the same length as the plaintext.

n A mousepad.

v (transitive) To stuff.

v (transitive) To furnish with a 'pad' or padding.

v (transitive) To fill or lengthen (a story, one's importance, etc.).

v (transitive) To imbue uniformly with a mordant.

v (transitive|cricket) to deliberately play the ball with the leg 'pad' instead of the bat.

n (British|dialectal) A toad.

n (British|dialectal|Australia|Ireland) A footpath, particularly one unformed or umaintained; a road or track. See footpad.

n An easy-paced horse; a padnag.

n (British|obsolete) A robber that infests the road on foot; a highwayman or footpad.

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

v (transitive) To travel along (a road, path etc.).

v (intransitive) To travel on foot.

v (intransitive) To wear a path by walking.

v (intransitive) To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.

v (intransitive|obsolete) To practise highway robbery.

! (non-gloss definition|Indicating a soft flat sound, as of bare footsteps.)

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

n bench