cushion

[Cush·ion]

Fabric filled with foam, feathers, or other padding material makes a cushion, which can be used to make something like a chair or sofa more comfortable.

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A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Noun
a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.

Noun
a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"

Verb
protect from impact; "cushion the blow"

n.
A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

n.
Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use

n.
a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf

n.
a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston

n.
the elastic edge of a billiard table.

n.
A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.

v. t.
To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

v. t.
To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

v. t.
To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushion

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.

2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. Halliwell. Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. -- Cushion star (Zo'94l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.

Cushion

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cushioned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity.

2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

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Usage Examples

Liberals become indignant when you question their patriotism, but simultaneously work overtime to give terrorists a cushion for the next attack and laugh at dumb Americans who love their country and hate the enemy.

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