pad out
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.
Example Sentences
- "Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources."
- "Have you heard about girls padding out their bras to make their breasts look bigger?"
- "With regard to definition-writing students, as a result of having spent years padding out written assignments in order to meet word-length requirements, were somewhat bemused to be told that fewer words were better than a long, wordy definition."
- "Because of my job I usually pad out just before nine o'clock."
- "My housemate was very annoyed to find my friends padded out on the lounge room floor this morning."