"pad down" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "padding down",
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      "form": "padded down",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2001, Jean Torkelson, Colorado's Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Since you stay in the main lodge, it's easy to pad down at all hours to a cozy stay before the fireplace, or farther down the hall to the small Gothic-style chapel.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To spend the night somewhere."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, informal) To spend the night somewhere."
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          "ref": "2010, Christopher O'Bryant, 320 Down, →ISBN, page 238:",
          "text": "His hands padded down the bag almost violently, searching for some trace of what the tarp must certainly be hiding, but found all he had was the tarp.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To frisk, pat down"
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          "pat down",
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        "(transitive) To frisk, pat down"
      ],
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1962, CQ: The Radio Amateurs' Journal - Volume 18, Issue 2, page 61:",
          "text": "Amateur radio W40AB has come up with a slick gadget to pad down the gain of high output converters.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Peter McIan, Using Your Portable Studio, →ISBN, page 154:",
          "text": "If the bass has active electronics, you may have to pad down (reduce) the signal to avoid distortion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Larry Crane, Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, →ISBN:",
          "text": "You can build these inline into those Switchcraft XLR barrel plugs if you need to pad down signals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To reduce a signal."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, electronics) To reduce a signal."
      ],
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        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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      "form": "pads down",
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    },
    {
      "form": "padding down",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "padded down",
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          "ref": "2001, Jean Torkelson, Colorado's Sanctuaries, Retreats, and Sacred Places, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Since you stay in the main lodge, it's easy to pad down at all hours to a cozy stay before the fireplace, or farther down the hall to the small Gothic-style chapel.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend the night somewhere."
      ],
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        "(intransitive, informal) To spend the night somewhere."
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          "ref": "2010, Christopher O'Bryant, 320 Down, →ISBN, page 238:",
          "text": "His hands padded down the bag almost violently, searching for some trace of what the tarp must certainly be hiding, but found all he had was the tarp.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To frisk, pat down"
      ],
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        "(transitive) To frisk, pat down"
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          "text": "Amateur radio W40AB has come up with a slick gadget to pad down the gain of high output converters.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Peter McIan, Using Your Portable Studio, →ISBN, page 154:",
          "text": "If the bass has active electronics, you may have to pad down (reduce) the signal to avoid distortion.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2010, Larry Crane, Tape Op: The Book about Creative Music Recording, →ISBN:",
          "text": "You can build these inline into those Switchcraft XLR barrel plugs if you need to pad down signals.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To reduce a signal."
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        "(transitive, electronics) To reduce a signal."
      ],
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