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View usage for: (pædɪŋ) 1. uncountable nounPadding is soft material which is put on something or inside it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. ...the foam rubber padding on the headphones. Players must wear padding to protect themselves from injury. ...the fat on our bodies, which acts as padding. 2. uncountable nounPadding is unnecessary words or information used to make a piece of writing or a speech longer. Of the sonnet eleven of the lines are mere padding and say nothing. ...the kind of subject that politicians put in their speeches for a bit of padding. Synonyms: waffle [informal, mainly British], hot air [informal], verbiage, wordiness More Synonyms of padding More Synonyms of padding padding in British English (ˈpædɪŋ) noun1. any soft material used to pad clothes, furniture, etc 2. superfluous material put into a speech or written work to pad it out; waffle 3. inflated or false entries in a financial account, esp an expense account padding in American English (ˈpædɪŋ) noun1. the action of a person who pads 2. any soft material used to pad, as cotton, felt, etc. 3. unnecessary or irrelevant material put into a speech or piece of writing, making it longer Examples of 'padding' in a sentencepadding In other languagespadding British English: padding NOUN Padding is soft material which is put on something or inside it in order to make it less hard, to protect it, or to give it a different shape. ...the foam rubber padding on the headphones. - American English: padding
- Brazilian Portuguese: enchimento
- Chinese: > 填充物柔软的
- European Spanish: relleno
- French: rembourrage
- German: Polsterung
- Italian: imbottitura
- Japanese: 詰め物
- Korean: 완충제
- European Portuguese: enchimento
- Latin American Spanish: relleno
Chinese translation of 'padding' n (u) - (= material)
填塞物 (tiánsèwù) - (fig)
冗词(詞)赘(贅)句 (rǒngcí zhuìjù)
Definition any soft material used to pad something the chair's foam rubber padding Definition unnecessary information put into a speech or written work to make it longer Politicians fill their speeches with a lot of padding. Additional synonymsDefinition empty and usually boastful talk His justification for the merger was just hot air. Synonyms empty talk, rant, guff (slang), bombast, wind, gas (informal), verbiage, claptrap (informal), blather, bunkum, blether, bosh (informal), tall talk (informal) Synonyms long-windedness, wandering, redundancy, rambling, verbiage, tautology, wordiness, verbosity, maundering, diffuseness, tediousness, boringness, discursiveness, pleonasm, circuity, verboseness Definition the material used to fill and give shape to soft toys, pillows, furniture, etc. She made a wig from pillow stuffing. Synonyms wadding, filling, packing, quilting, kapok - pact
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Additional synonymsDefinition the excessive use of words His writing is full of pretentious and self-indulgent verbiage. Synonyms verbosity, repetition, tautology, redundancy, circumlocution, prolixity, periphrasis, pleonasmthe pedantry and verbosity of his public speeches Synonyms long-windedness, rambling, verbiage, wordiness, prolixity, garrulity, logorrhoea, loquaciousness, windiness, verboseness Definition a soft material used for padding or stuffing a sleeping bag lined with wadding Synonyms padding, filling, stuffing, lining, packing, filler |