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well-padded

well-padded adjective: fat, corpulent, pudgy.

Adjective

well-padded (comparative more well-padded, superlative most well-padded)

  1. (euphemistic) Fat, corpulent, pudgy.
    • But the majority of its members were very much alive and still well-padded; and, far from being on a pale diet, were deeply appreciative of the famous culinary resources of the chef, and showed it.1921, Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton, chapter 2, in The Sisters-In-Law
    • A graduate of the University of Houston's Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the well-padded Raulston, nicknamed Fat Cook by the rigs' crews, makes these changes subtly and slowly.1986 April 13, Mimi Sheraton, “In the Gulf: a Robust Cuisine”, in Time
  2. (figuratively) Wealthy, well-to-do.
    • It was the fall of 1995, and the Democratic National Committee had a problem. Faced with the cost of its massive early media strategy, it needed a quick $1 million or so. A senior White House official had a solution: get the President to call some well-padded contributors.1997 March 3, Richard Lacayo et al., “Is Al Gore Too Good at Passing the Hat?”, in Time

Forms of well-padded

comparativemore well-padded
superlativemost well-padded

Questions about well-padded

What does well-padded mean?
Well-padded means fat, corpulent, pudgy.
What part of speech is well-padded?
Well-padded is an adjective.

Words near well-padded in the dictionary

  1. well-ordered
  2. well-ordering
  3. well-orderings
  4. well-orders
  5. well-organized
  6. well-padded
  7. well-paid
  8. well-placed
  9. well-planned
  10. well-pleased
  11. well-pointed

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