n. A shortened form of Papa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. paage, paiage, F. péage, fr. (assumed) LL. pedaticum, fr. L. pes, pedis, foot. See Pedage, Pedal. ] (O. Eng. Law) A toll for passage over another person's grounds. [ Written also peage and pedage. ] Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ D., a horse. ] The zebra. [ S. Africa ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Pace [ Obs. ] Chaucer [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ D. paash. See Pasch. ] The Easter festival. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paas egg. See Easter egg, under Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A form of cereal for infants. [ Trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A diet that does not require chewing.
Syn. -- soft diet, pap, spoon food. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Worthless or oversimplified ideas.
Syn. -- pap, pabulum{ 3 }. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. pabularis. ] Of, pertaining to, or fit for, pabulum or food; affording food. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pabulatio, fr. pabulari to feed, fr. pabulum food. See Pabulum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of feeding, or providing food. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Food; fodder; pabulum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pabulosus. ] Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., akin to pascere to pasture. See Pastor. ] 1. The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hence: That which feeds or sustains, such as fuel for a fire; especially, that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; intellectual sustenance; as, intellectual pabulum. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- food for thought, intellectual nourishment. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Trite or simplistic writing, sentiments, etc.; pablum{ 3 }. [ PJC ]