♦ pad

♦ pad
♦ pad (1) /pæd/
n.
1 batuffolo; cuscinetto; guancialetto; imbottitura: a shoulder pad, un cuscinetto d'imbottitura per la spalla; elbow pad, paragomito; shin pad, parastinchi
2 (= inking pad, stamp pad) (anche tipogr.) cuscinetto per timbri; tampone: pad printing, stampa a tampone
3 (= writing pad) blocchetto di fogli di carta; sketch pad, album per schizzi; blocco da disegno
4 (med.) zaffo; tampone; stuello
5 (elettron.) attenuatore fisso
6 (cricket) gambale; parastinchi
7 (anat.) cuscinetto adiposo; (zool.) cuscinetto carnoso (sotto i piedi dei gatti, ecc.)
8 zampa (spec. di volpe o lepre)
9 (mecc.) cuscinetto ammortizzatore; flangia di attacco
10 (autom., mecc.) pattino d'attrito (di freno a disco); pastiglia
11 (metall.) suola (del crogiolo)
12 (aeron.) piattaforma: helicopter pad, piattaforma per elicotteri
13 (= landing pad; aeron.) piattaforma di atterraggio
14 (= launch pad; miss.) piattaforma di lancio
15 (slang) alloggio; casa
16 (slang) giaciglio; letto
17 (slang USA) mazzetta; pizzo (preso da poliziotti corrotti): to be on the pad, prendere le mazzette
● (autom.) pad wear indicator, segnalatore (ottico) dell'usura dei pattini.
pad (2) /pæd/
n.
1 rumore smorzato di passi; rumore fatto da un bastone che batte la terra
2 (Austral.) sentiero: a cattle pad, un tratturo
3 (slang antiq.) strada (spec. in:) gentleman (o knight, squire) of the pad, «re della strada»; bandito; brigante; grassatore
4 (arc.) ronzino.
(to) pad (1) /pæd/
v. t.
1 (anche to pad out) imbottire; ovattare
2 (anche to pad out) gonfiare, inzeppare, infarcire (una frase, un discorso, ecc.)
3 (anche to pad up) falsificare (un conto spese, ecc.) a proprio vantaggio; alterare, gonfiare (il numero dei soci di un circolo, ecc.)
4 (med.) zaffare; tamponare
5 (mecc.) applicare pattini di attrito (o pastiglie) a
6 (comput.) riempire (spazio inutilizzato)
● (slang USA) to pad out, andare a letto; sistemarsi (o arrangiarsi) per la notte.
(to) pad (2) /pæd/
v. i.
1 andare a piedi; camminare
2 camminare leggermente; muoversi con passo felpato
3 (arc.) fare il brigante (o il grassatore).

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