Pad and Step

Pad

Pad verb - To go on foot.

Usage example: a cat padded silently by

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Step and pad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Step" instead a verb "Pad".

Step verb - To go on foot.

Usage example: I stepped across the street for a quick lunch at the new diner

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Pad and step are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Pad" instead a verb "Step".

Nearby Words: stepped, stepping, stepper

full	full pad	full step
nice	nice pad	nice step
standard	standard pad	standard step
single	single pad	single step
Other adjectives: obvious, small, large, big, huge, little, key, new, major, broken, giant.

part	pad part	step part
player	pad player	step player

The later Crash Bandicoot games have one on each level (the page image is from the third game), which you just have to step on a pad to get to.

Source: Bonus Stage
Lifelines: Just one: the player can step off the pad (effectively passing on the rest of the question).

Source: Series / One Thousand Heartbeats
When you first enter the building with the mouse/memory puzzle, the first thing you're likely to do is to step on the floor-pad, which causes the actual mouse on the floor to be sucked away.

Source: Chekhovs Gun / Video Games

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