Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun padding

1 sense of padding

Sense 1
padding, cushioning -- (artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort)
       => artifact, artefact -- (a man-made object taken as a whole)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb pad

4 senses of pad

Sense 1
embroider, pad, lard, embellish, aggrandize, aggrandise, blow up, dramatize, dramatise -- (add details to)
       => overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify -- (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery")

Sense 2
slog, footslog, plod, trudge, pad, tramp -- (walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud; "Mules plodded in a circle around a grindstone")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")

Sense 3
pad, fill out -- (line or stuff with soft material; "pad a bra")
       => stuff -- (cram into a cavity; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets")

Sense 4
pad, bolster -- (add padding to; "pad the seat of the chair")
       => fill, fill up, make full -- (make full, also in a metaphorical sense; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride")