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ən noun
1.
a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.
2.
anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing.
3.
something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam.
4.
something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like: His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment.
5.
Anatomy, Zoology. any part or structure resembling a cushion.
6.
the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table.
7.
a pad worn under the hair by women.
8.
a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time.
9.
Ice Hockey, Canadian. the iced surface of a rink.
10.
a pillow used in lacemaking.
11.
a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding.
verb (used with object)
12.
to place on or support by a cushion.
13.
to furnish with a cushion or cushions.
14.
to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion.
15.
to lessen or soften the effects of: to cushion the blow to his pride.
16.
to suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin ≪ Latin cōx(a) hip + -īnus -ine1; see coxa
1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin ≪ Latin cōx(a) hip + -īnus -ine1; see coxa
Related forms
cush·ion·less, adjective
cush·ion·like, adjective
un·cush·ioned, adjective
well-cush·ioned, adjective
Synonyms
1. pad. Cushion, pillow, bolster agree in being cases filled with a material more or less resilient, intended to be used as supports for the body or parts of it. A cushion is a soft pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against: cushions on a sofa; cushions on pews in a church. A pillow is a bag or case filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, usually to support the head: to sleep with a pillow under one's head. A bolster is a firm pillow, long enough to extend the width of a bed and used as head support, with or without a pillow. 3. shock absorber.
1. pad. Cushion, pillow, bolster agree in being cases filled with a material more or less resilient, intended to be used as supports for the body or parts of it. A cushion is a soft pad used to sit, lie, or kneel on, or to lean against: cushions on a sofa; cushions on pews in a church. A pillow is a bag or case filled with feathers, down, or other soft material, usually to support the head: to sleep with a pillow under one's head. A bolster is a firm pillow, long enough to extend the width of a bed and used as head support, with or without a pillow. 3. shock absorber.
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cushion (ˈkʊʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a bag made of cloth, leather, plastic, etc, filled with feathers, air, or other yielding substance, used for sitting on, leaning against, etc |
| 2. | something resembling a cushion in function or appearance, esp one to support or pad or to absorb shock |
| 3. | the resilient felt-covered rim of a billiard table |
| 4. | another name for pillow |
| 5. | short for air cushion |
| 6. | a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top |
| —vb | |
| 7. | to place on or as on a cushion |
| 8. | to provide with cushions |
| 9. | to lessen or suppress the effects of |
| 10. | to protect, esp against hardship or change |
| 11. | a. to check the motion of (a mechanism) gently, esp by the compression of trapped fluid in a cylinder |
| b. to provide with a means of absorbing shock | |
| [from Latin culcita mattress] | |
| 'cushiony | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
cushion
1302, from O.Fr. coissin "seat cushion," probably a var. of V.L. *coxinum, from L. coxa "hip, thigh," or from L. culcita "mattress." Someone has counted more than 400 spellings of the pl. of this word in M.E. wills and inventories. The verb, in the figurative sense, is from 1863.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
cushion cush·ion (k&oobreve;sh'ən)
n.
A padlike body part.
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Example sentences
These cushion and protect skin from friction, allowing time for corns and calluses to diminish in size.
Both types have interiors that either cushion or lock in the bike frame once the wheels are removed.
Optimal skin temperature in contact with the seat back was higher than that with the seat cushion.
Anyway, the whole point of reserves is to have a cushion to protect against losses.
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