Word: Pad

Pad
Definitions:
A footpath/a road
An easy paced horse
A robber that infests the road, a highwayman
To travel upon foot
To travel heavily or slowly
To rob on foot
To wear a path by walking
Stuffing
Type of cushion
Block of paper
A cushion used as a saddle without a frame
A stuffed guard or protection
Thickening of the skin on animals feet
A floating leaf of a water lily
A soft bag or cushion to relieve pressure
Piece of timber fixed on a beam to fit the curve of the deck
A measure for fish; as, sixty mackerel go to a pad; a basket of soles
To stuff; to furnish with a pad or padding
To imbue uniformly with a mordant; as, to pad cloth

History

1554:  "bundle of straw to lie on," possibly from Low Ger. or Flem. pad "sole of the foot." Meaning "cushion-like part of an animal foot" is from 1836 in Eng. Generalized sense of "something soft" is from c.1700; the sense of "a number of sheets fastened together" (in writing pad, drawing pad, etc.) is

from 1865. Sense of "take off or landing place for a helicopter" is from 1960. The word persisted in underworld slang from early 18c. in the sense "sleeping place," and was popularized again c.1959, originally in beatnik speech (later hippie slang) in its original sense of "place to sleep temporarily." The verb meaning "to stuff, increase the amount of" is first recorded 1827, from the noun; transf. to expense accounts, etc. from 1913. Padded cell in an asylum or prison is from 1862 (padded room).

"to walk," 1553, probably from M.Du. paden "walk along a path, make a path," from pad, pat "path." Originally criminals' slang, perhaps of imitative origin (sound of feet trudging on a dirt road).

 A soft material forming a cushion, used in applying or relieving pressure on a part, or in filling a depression so that dressings can fit snugly.
A fatty mass of tissue acting as a cushion in the body, such as the fleshy underside of a finger or toe.
A place to live; one's room or dwelling. :  Why don't you come over to my pad for a while?