pad out
To add something extra to something to make it appear more substantial.
Some students pad out their essays by adding a whole lot of quotes from random sources.
pad
UK /pæd/ US /pæd/
noun 13verb 10intj 1
Definitions
noun
1
A flattened mass of anything soft, to sit or lie on.
2
A cushion used as a saddle without a tree or frame.
3
A soft, or small, cushion.
4
A soft area on the ends of a digit:
5
A soft area on the ends of a digit:
verb
1
To stuff.
2
To furnish with a pad or padding.
3
To increase the size of, especially by adding undesirable filler.
The author began to pad her succinct stories with trite descriptions to keep up with current market trends.
pad one's expenses
4
To imbue uniformly with a mordant.
to pad cloth
[…] to pad a piece in diluted acetate of alumine to obtain a pale lemon ground […]
5
To deliberately play the ball with the leg pad instead of the bat.
noun
1
A toad.
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