padding

• ambling
• ambulating
• amplification
• amplifying
• bouncing
• buffer
• bumper
• caricature
• caricaturing
• clumping
• coloring
• cushion
• dressing up
• elaboration
• embellishing
• embellishment
• embroidering
• embroidery
• emphasizing
• enhancement
• enhancing
• exaggerating
• exaggeration
• expanding
• fabrication
• faltering
• fender
• fill
• filler
• filling
• footslogging
• fudging
• gimping
• gussying up
• hedging
• hiking
• hobbling
• hype
• hyperbole
• hyperbolizing
• interlining
• limping
• lining
• lumbering
• lurching
• magnification
• magnifying
• marching
• mincing
• misrepresentation
• moseying
• nipping
• overdoing
• overdrawing
• overemphasizing
• overplaying
• overstatement
• overstating
• pacing
• packing
• pad
• parading
• perambulating
• peregrinating
• playing up
• plodding
• pounding
• power walking
• prancing
• promenading
• protection
• puffery
• pussyfooting
• quilting
• rambling
• sashaying
• satirizing
• sauntering
• scuffing
• shambling
• shuffling
• staggering
• stalking
• stepping
• stepping out
• stomping
• stressing
• stretching
• striding
• strolling
• strutting
• stuffing
• stumbling
• stumping
• superlative
• swaggering
• tapping
• tiptoeing
• toddling
• traipsing
• tramping
• trampling
• treading
• trekking
• tripping
• tromping
• trooping
• trotting
• trudging
• wadding
• waddling
• walking
• wandering

• belittlement
• belittling
• disparagement
• meiosis
• minimizing
• playing down
• poor-mouthing
• understatement
• understating

• verb
  1. To stuff.
  2. To furnish with a pad or padding.
  3. To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
  4. To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
  5. To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
  6. To travel along (a road, path etc.).
  7. To travel on foot.
  8. To wear a path by walking.
  9. To walk softly, quietly or steadily, especially without shoes.
  10. To practise highway robbery.
• noun
  1. Soft filling material used in cushions etc.
  2. Extra characters such as spaces added to a record to fill it out to a fixed length.
  3. Extraneous text added to a message for the purpose of concealing its beginning, ending, or length.
  4. Anything of little value used to fill up space.

• The new running shoes boasted extra padding for enhanced comfort during long jogs.
• In the chilly winter, she bundled up in a coat with thick padding to stay warm.
• Office chairs with ergonomic design often feature ample lumbar padding for support.
• The martial artist wore protective gear with strategic padding to minimize impact.
• Quilters carefully selected soft fabrics for the padding in their handmade creations.

packing

pad

wadding

baffle

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