Past tense of pad
regular verb
The past tense of pad is padded. The past participle is also padded.
Forms of pad
| Base form (V1) | pad /pæd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | padded /ˈpædɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | padded /ˈpædɪd/ |
| Present participle | padding /ˈpædɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | pads /pædz/ |
Padded in a sentence
- Her slippered feet padded across the carpet.From the entry slippered
- My housemate was very annoyed to find my friends padded out on the lounge room floor this morning.From the entry pad out
- The uniform jacket is a kind of padded armor called "gambeson." Layers of quilted cloth.2024, Cube Kid [pseudonym; Erik Gunnar Taylor], Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior: Shadow over Aetheria, page 51. From the entry gambeson
- I padded downstairs to find everyone up and at 'em, their day leaps ahead of mine.2011 September 9, Andrea Sachs, “Bed Check: Mountain dreamin’ in W. Va.”, in Washington Post, retrieved 29 May 2015. From the entry up and at 'em
- The seat can be padded with egg crating or 1-inch foam.2011, Christine A. Gleason, Sandra E Juul, Avery's Diseases of the Newborn, →ISBN. From the entry egg crating
Meaning of pad
- noun A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
- noun A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
- noun A soft, or small, cushion.
Questions about the past tense of pad
- What is the past tense of pad?
- The past tense of pad is padded.
- What is the past participle of pad?
- The past participle of pad is padded.
- Is pad a regular or irregular verb?
- Pad is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pad (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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