Main Entry: ¹pad

Pronunciation: \ˈpad\

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): pad·ded; pad·ding

Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path

Date: 1553

transitive verb : to traverse on footintransitive verb : to go on foot : walk; especially : to walk with or as if with padded feet <the dog padded along beside him> <padding around in bedroom slippers>