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Padding

//ˈpædɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Soft filling material used in cushions etc. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort wordnet
  3. 3
    Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    Anything of little value used to fill up space. countable, uncountable

    "That magazine is mostly advertisements; the rest is padding."

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  1. 6
    The process of mordanting a fabric. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A diaper. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Robbing on a highway. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of pad form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From pad + -ing.

Etymology 2

From pad + -ing.

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