noun
- soft material used to fill or protect something
- unnecessary material added to make something longer
verb
- present participle of pad: to fill or line with soft material
- present participle of pad: to add unnecessary material to make longer
Examples
- The jacket has thick padding in the shoulders.
- She added extra padding to the chair cushions.
- The essay was full of padding and could have been much shorter.
- He’s padding his resume with irrelevant experience.
- The knee pads provide good padding for skateboarding.
- The speech needed more substance and less padding.
- They’re padding the budget with unnecessary expenses.