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pad

 
/pæd/ v [T] (-dd-) (PUT ON EXTRA MATERIAL)

Definition

Old-fashioned Valentine’s cards were often padded with satin. If you pad a document or report, you add something extra that is unnecessary or not correct: Lawyers occasionally pad their hours.
(Definition of pad v (PUT ON EXTRA MATERIAL) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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