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Definition of Cushion

1. Verb. Protect from impact. "Cushion the blow"

2. Noun. A mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses. "The old car needed a new set of shocks"

3. Noun. The layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle.

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

Definition of Cushion

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

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

Definition of Cushion

1. Noun. A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc. ¹

2. Noun. Something acting as a cushion, especially to absorb a shock or impact. ¹

3. Noun. (context: sports billiards snooker pool) The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back. ¹

4. Noun. (figuratively) ¹

5. Verb. to provide a soft pillow cushion ¹

6. Verb. to absorb or deaden the impact of something ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cushion

1. to pad with soft material [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Cushion

1. A swollen floral stem on which several small flowers are borne. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cushion

cushat doves cushats cushaw cushaws cushdie cushdy cushes cushier cushiest cushily

cushiness cushinesses cushing disease cushing syndrome cushingoid cushion (current term) cushion calamint cushion flower cushion of epiglottis cushioned

cushionet cushionets cushioning cushionless cushionlike cushions cushiony cushoon cushty cushy

Literary usage of Cushion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"Foote were alive to write a new " Englishman at Paris," RELIGIOUS. ' * Art. 17. The Velvet cushion. By JW Cunningham, AM Vicar of Harrow. ..."

2. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1814)
"This cushion is introduced to our notice with much humour ; and the MS. of its ... As the cushion has witnessed all the changes iu religion which this ..."

3. Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Faiths and Folklore; a by John Brand (1905)
"cushion-Dance.—A riotous sort of dance, formerly usual at weddings. It is thus mentioned in the "Apothegms of King James," 1658, p. 60. ..."

4. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1888)
"AT HATCH: The cottony cushion scale is a matter of serious importance to us. There is one thing sure, eternal vigilance is the price of good fruit in ..."

5. The Construction of Roads and Pavements by Thomas Radford Agg (1916)
"of the sand cushion is about 1 in., 1% or 2 in. is more commonly employed. The wider the pavement, the more difficult it is to keep the surface uniform, ..."

6. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"Jordan's Death Dissected, 1649 cushion. To hit or miss the cushion to succed ... I evidently alludes to archery, and pro bably cushion was one name for thi ..."

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