n.
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form: pad · ded ; pad · ding
Date: 1827
1 a : to furnish with a pad or padding b : MUTE , MUFFLE
2 : to expand or increase especially with needless, misleading, or fraudulent matter < pad the sales figures> ― often used with out <they pad out their bibliographies ― J. P. Kenyon>