Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To put on batting pads preparatory to taking the field to bat.

  2. (intransitive)To put on pads to ready oneself to play American football; to play for a team.

    He padded up for the Bears in 1997.

  3. (intransitive, slang)To put on a diaper.

Forms

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

irregular

Present simpleLesson

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

Past simpleLesson

all personspadded up

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill pad up

Phrasal verbs

3 phrasal verbs

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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