# pads

Pronunciation: say "PADZ" /pædz/

## Noun

1. Plural of pad. — plural of pad
   - Simple: Plural of pad. Use this form when you mean more than one pad.
   - _The goalie buckled his leg pads before stepping onto the ice._
   - _She stuck felt pads beneath the chair legs to keep them from scratching the floor._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of pad. — third-person singular simple present indicative of pad
   - Simple: The form of pad used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _The old tomcat pads softly down the hallway every evening._
   - _The author pads each chapter with long descriptions to reach the word count._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/pads (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).