Meaning

2 senses

  1. (idiomatic)To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.

    Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources.

    Have you heard about girls padding out their bras to make their breasts look bigger?

  2. (idiomatic, slang)To sleep or go to bed.

    Because of my job I usually pad out just before nine o'clock.

    My housemate was very annoyed to find my friends padded out on the lounge room floor this morning.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.

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Translations

2 languages

Forms

pads out, padding out, padded out, padded out
Base formpad out · to pad out
3rd person singularpads out
Present participlepadding out
Past simplepadded out
Past participlepadded out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theypad out
he, she, itpads out

Past simpleLesson

all personspadded out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave padded out
he, she, ithas padded out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pad out

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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