n.
Pronunciation: ' pad
Function: verb
Inflected Form: pad · ded ; pad · ding
Etymology: perhaps from Middle Dutch paden to follow a path, from pad path
Date: 1553
transitive verb : to traverse on foot
intransitive verb : to go on foot : WALK especially : to walk with or as if with padded feet <the dog padded along beside him> < padding around in bedroom slippers>