pad out in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for pad out in the English»French Dictionary

II.pad <pres part padding; pret, pp padded> [Brit pad, Am pæd] VB trans

2. pad (make longer) → pad out

III.pad <pres part padding; pret, pp padded> [Brit pad, Am pæd] VB intr

See also pad out

I.hand [Brit hand, Am hænd] N

1. hand ANAT:

hands off inf!
pas touche! inf
hands off inf!

7. hand (possession):

I.out [aʊt] VB trans Out is used after many verbs in English to alter or reinforce the meaning of the verb (hold out, wipe out, filter out etc.). Very often in French, a verb alone will be used to translate these combinations. For translations you should consult the appropriate verb entry (hold, wipe, filter etc.).
When out is used as an adverb meaning outside, it often adds little to the sense of the phrase: they're out in the garden = they're in the garden. In such cases out will not usually be translated: ils sont dans le jardin.
out is used as an adverb to mean absent or not at home. In this case she's out really means she's gone out and the French translation is elle est sortie.
For the phrase out of see III. in the entry below.
For examples of the above and other uses, see the entry below.

See also wipe, hold, filter, come out

I.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] N

II.wipe [Brit wʌɪp, Am waɪp] VB trans

I.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB trans

II.hold <pret, pp held> [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] VB intr

IV.hold [Brit həʊld, Am hoʊld] N

I.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] N

II.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB trans

III.filter [Brit ˈfɪltə, Am ˈfɪltər] VB intr

I.keeping [Brit ˈkiːpɪŋ, Am ˈkipɪŋ] N (custody)

pad out in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for pad out in the English»French Dictionary

out → out of

See also out of, inside, in, in

American English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
If a game ends within 3 hours, the studio team will return to provide post-game commentary to pad out the remainder of the timeslot.
en.wikipedia.org
This whole bit just feels like something that was thrown in at the last minute to pad out the running time.
nzgamer.com
Since the transmissions always use complete groups, nulls may have been used to pad out the text.
en.wikipedia.org
He also has to pad out what is known with summaries of the intelligence war, albeit well synthesised and told with verve.
www.telegraph.co.uk
They then invented an extended anarchy and dictator years to pad out their chronologies to the desired length.
en.wikipedia.org
She is handed a bra to pad out, waxes her top lip and cuts off her braces as part of the makeover.
www.dailymail.co.uk
A curse is always a tempting hook to pad out the copy.
www.independent.ie
Puzzle-based games pad out game length all-too-often with annoying busywork, which you have to trudge through once you've already worked out the solution.
www.kotaku.com.au
That helps pad out the save percentage a lot, and certainly a big reason the numbers have improved.
sports.yahoo.com
Over the years we've seen too many games stuffed with boring, filler tasks that exist to pad out the amount of time you've spent playing.
gadgets.ndtv.com

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