Used in a Sentence

padding

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for padding.

Editorial note

Everything about the industry is based around croneyism, various inside deals made between established independent contractors on short term contracts with all sorts of padding.

Examples17
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of padding gathered in one view.

noun

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

noun

Anything of little value used to fill up space.

noun

The process of mordanting a fabric.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for padding.

noun

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

noun

Anything of little value used to fill up space.

noun

The process of mordanting a fabric.

noun

(ABDL) A diaper.

Example sentences

1

Everything about the industry is based around croneyism, various inside deals made between established independent contractors on short term contracts with all sorts of padding.

2

The contrast is horrible, the padding is making 3/4 of the screen useless, it takes forever to load, when you click on something it's lagging again...

3

Also, listing a project that you have not completed isn't that useful - it also feels like padding.

4

If this means reducing padding a bit, so be it.

5

See that square latch of stuck-on foil with some padding under it that looks pointless?

6

It reminds me of zero-padding FFT inputs to get a result with higher frequency resolution which of course is not real.

7

This doesn't solve that problem for me, so I can't really see myself spending $2 for increased padding.

8

It had an 8-byte piece of padding in the middle of it.

9

I just fixed it by hiding the image and fixing up the padding on screens <1000px.

10

I'm with my engineers during planning to know whether people are padding their estimates.

11

The web I want has websites using SHA2-based TLS certificates and TLS cipher suites that aren't vulnerable to padding oracle attacks (AES CBC).

12

I just realized that the comment section of hackernews uses ~80% of the window width, with hardly any padding for top level comments.

Quote examples

1

It's my understanding that random padding doesn't in fact make the attacker's job "much more" difficult.

2

At least you didn't "just add some random padding":-) Thanks for the comment on structure.

3

> It's my understanding that random padding doesn't in fact make the attacker's job "much more" difficult.

4

It looks very "Linux" from however long ago - that is, poor and inconsistent spacing, hodge-podge of icons (especially overcomplicated ones), frugal padding, etc.

Proper noun examples

1

Padding and border are added around the content.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use padding in a sentence?

Everything about the industry is based around croneyism, various inside deals made between established independent contractors on short term contracts with all sorts of padding.

What does padding mean?

Soft filling material used in cushions etc.

What part of speech is padding?

padding is commonly used as noun.