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| Main Entry: |
pad/padding
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | buffer, cushion, filling, packing, stuffing, wad, wadding, waste |
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| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dwelling, room |
| Synonyms: | abode, coop, crib*, digs, hangout, hideout, hive, house, layout*, lodging, quarters, residence, residency, setup |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | protect with cushioning |
| Synonyms: | cushion, fill, fill out, line, pack, protect, shape, stuff |
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elaborate, amplify |
| Synonyms: | augment, bulk, embellish, embroider, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, fill out, flesh out, fudge, increase, inflate, lengthen, magnify, overdraw, overstate, protract, spin, stretch |
| Antonyms: | simplify, uncomplicate |
| Main Entry: | pad |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk quietly; walk ploddingly |
| Synonyms: | creep, go barefoot, hike, march, patter, pitter-patter, plod, pussyfoot, sneak, steal, traipse, tramp, trek, trudge |
| Main Entry: | abode |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | building or place where one resides |
| Synonyms: | address, apartment, base, casa, co-op, condo, crash pad, crib*, den, digs, domicile, dwelling, flat, flop, habitat, haunt, headquarters, hearth, hole*, home, homestead, house, joint*, lodging, pad, quarters, residence, roost, sanctuary, seat |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | accommodations |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place of residence, usually temporary |
| Synonyms: | apartment, board, boardinghouse, crash pad, crib*, digs, hotel, house, housing, lodging, motel, pad, quarters, roof, room and board, rooming house, rooms, shelter |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | add |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | adjoin, increase; make further comment |
| Synonyms: | affix, annex, ante, append, augment, beef up, boost, build up, charge up, continue, cue in, figure in, flesh out, heat up, hike, hike up, hitch on, hook on, hook up with, include, jack up, jazz up, join together, pad, parlay, piggyback, plug into, pour it on, reply, run up, say further, slap on, snowball, soup up, speed up, spike, step up, supplement, sweeten, tack on, tag |
| Notes: | ad is short for advertisement while add means 'to join or unite' so as to increase in size, quantity, quality, or scope |
| Antonyms: | decrease, deduct, diminish, lessen, reduce, remove, withdraw |
| Main Entry: | amplify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | increase in size or effect |
| Synonyms: | add, augment, beef up, boost, build up, deepen, develop, elaborate, enlarge, exaggerate, expand, expatiate, extend, flesh out, heighten, hike up, inflate, intensify, jack up, lengthen, magnify, pad, pyramid, raise, soup up, strengthen, stretch, supplement, swell, up, widen |
| Antonyms: | abridge, compress, condense, contract, curtail, decrease, lessen, reduce, shorten, summarize |
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