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cush·ion

(ko͝osh′ən)

1. A pad or pillow with a soft filling, used for resting, reclining, or kneeling.

2. Something resilient used as a rest, support, or shock absorber.

3. A mat placed or attached beneath carpeting to provide softness and increase durability.

4. A padlike body part.

5. Games The rim bordering the playing surface of a billiard table.

6. A pillow used in lacemaking.

7. Something that mitigates or relieves an adverse effect: extra funds serving as a cushion against future inflation.

tr.v. cush·ioned, cush·ion·ing, cush·ions

1. To provide with a cushion: cushion a bench.

2. To place or seat on a cushion.

3. To cover or hide (something) with or as if with a cushion.

4. To protect from impacts or other disturbing effects: an automobile suspension that cushions the ride.

5. To mitigate the effects of; absorb the shock of: cushion a blow.

[Middle English cushin, from Old French coussin, from Vulgar Latin *coxīnum, from Latin coxa, hip.]

cush′ion·y adj.

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cushion

(ˈkʊʃən)

1. (Furniture) 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. (Billiards & Snooker) the resilient felt-covered rim of a billiard table

4. (Knitting & Sewing) another name for pillow²

5. (Aeronautics) short for air cushion

6. (Architecture) a capital, used in Byzantine, Romanesque, and Norman architecture, in the form of a bowl with a square top

vb (tr)

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. (Mechanical Engineering)

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]

ˈcushiony adj

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cush•ion

(ˈkʊʃ ən)

n.

1. a soft pad or bag filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., used to sit, lie, or lean on.

2. anything similar in form or function, as a pad used 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 or distress.

5. any anatomical part resembling a pad.

6. the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table.

7. rat (def. 5).

8. a pillow used in lacemaking.

v.t.

9. to place on or support by a cushion.

10. to furnish with a cushion or cushions.

11. to lessen or soften the effects of: to cushion a blow.

12. to cover or conceal with or as if with a cushion.

13. to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam.

[1300–50; Middle English cuisshin < Anglo-French; Middle French coussin « Latin cōx(a) hip + -īnus -ine³; see coxa]

cush′ion•y, adj.

cushion

Past participle: cushioned
Gerund: cushioning

Imperative
cushion
cushion

Present
I cushion
you cushion
he/she/it cushions
we cushion
you cushion
they cushion

Preterite
I cushioned
you cushioned
he/she/it cushioned
we cushioned
you cushioned
they cushioned

Present Continuous
I am cushioning
you are cushioning
he/she/it is cushioning
we are cushioning
you are cushioning
they are cushioning

Present Perfect
I have cushioned
you have cushioned
he/she/it has cushioned
we have cushioned
you have cushioned
they have cushioned

Past Continuous
I was cushioning
you were cushioning
he/she/it was cushioning
we were cushioning
you were cushioning
they were cushioning

Past Perfect
I had cushioned
you had cushioned
he/she/it had cushioned
we had cushioned
you had cushioned
they had cushioned

Future
I will cushion
you will cushion
he/she/it will cushion
we will cushion
you will cushion
they will cushion

Future Perfect
I will have cushioned
you will have cushioned
he/she/it will have cushioned
we will have cushioned
you will have cushioned
they will have cushioned

Future Continuous
I will be cushioning
you will be cushioning
he/she/it will be cushioning
we will be cushioning
you will be cushioning
they will be cushioning

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cushioning
you have been cushioning
he/she/it has been cushioning
we have been cushioning
you have been cushioning
they have been cushioning

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cushioning
you will have been cushioning
he/she/it will have been cushioning
we will have been cushioning
you will have been cushioning
they will have been cushioning

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cushioning
you had been cushioning
he/she/it had been cushioning
we had been cushioning
you had been cushioning
they had been cushioning

Conditional
I would cushion
you would cushion
he/she/it would cushion
we would cushion
you would cushion
they would cushion

Past Conditional
I would have cushioned
you would have cushioned
he/she/it would have cushioned
we would have cushioned
you would have cushioned
they would have cushioned

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Noun	1.	cushion - a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" shock absorber, shock air spring, air cushion - a mechanical device using confined air to absorb the shock of motion damper, muffler - a device that decreases the amplitude of electronic, mechanical, acoustical, or aerodynamic oscillations suspension system, suspension - a mechanical system of springs or shock absorbers connecting the wheels and axles to the chassis of a wheeled vehicle
	2.	cushion - the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach"
	3.	cushion - a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. inflatable cushion, air cushion - a cushion usually made of rubber or plastic that can be inflated gaddi - a cushion on a throne for a prince in India hassock - a cushion for kneeling on (as when praying in church) head restraint, headrest - a cushion attached to the top of the back of an automobile's seat to prevent whiplash cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort pillow - a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person pincushion - a small stiff cushion into which pins are stuck ready for use seat cushion - a cushion that makes a seat more comfortable throw pillow - a small cushion that is used for decorative purposes
Verb	1.	cushion - protect from impact; "cushion the blow" buffer, soften modify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage"

cushion

noun

1. pillow, pad, bolster, headrest, beanbag, scatter cushion, hassock, squab Her leg was propped up on two cushions.

2. protection, cover, security, defence, guard, barrier, shield, safeguard, buffer, bulwark Housing benefit provides a cushion against hardship.

verb

1. protect, support, bolster, cradle, buttress The suspension is designed to cushion passengers from the effects of riding over rough roads.

2. soften, dampen, muffle, mitigate, deaden, suppress, stifle He spoke gently, trying to cushion the blow of rejection.

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Translations

وِسَادَةوِسادَهوِسادَه، مِخَدَّهيُهَمِّـد الصَّدمـه

polštářztlumitpolštářekvypoltářovatzmírnit

pudehyndeafbødebande

Kissen abfedern Bande dämpfen abdämpfen

μαξιλαράκι

amortiguar cojín suavizar banda almohada

tyynyvallipehmentääpehmuste

coussin amortir soulager

jastuk

kipárnázpárnavánkos

draga úrloftpúîisessa; púîi, koddi

cuscino imbottire imbottitura mettere dei cuscini smorzare

クッション

쿠션

amortizuotipagalvėlė

mīkstinātpolsterējumsspilvensstarplika

kussen band

pute sittepute

poduszka banda

almofada amortecer tabela

подушка диванная подушка

blazina

kuddemildravalldämpadyna

หมอนอิง

yastıketkisini hafifletmek/azaltmakminder

бортбуферподушка

đệm

坐垫缓冲靠垫任何其他类型的垫使...变缓和

cushion

[ˈkʊʃən]

A. N (gen) → cojín m; [of chair, for knees etc] → almohadilla f; [of air, moss] → colchón m; (= edge of billiard table) → banda f

B. VT [+ blow, fall] → amortiguar
to cushion sb against sth → proteger a algn de algo

C. CPD cushion cover N → funda f de cojín

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cushion

[ˈkʊʃ^ən]

(for sitting on, on chair, sofa) → coussin m cushion cover, floor cushion

[air] → coussin m

[snooker table] → bande f

[+ shock] → amortir; [+ blow, impact] → amortir

[+ fall] → amortir

[+ seat] → rembourrercushion cover n → housse f de coussin

cushion

n → Kissen nt; (= pad, fig: = buffer) → Polster nt; (Billiards) → Bande f; a stroke off the cushion → ein Stoß m → gegen die Bande; a cushion of air/moss → ein Luftkissen nt → /Moospolster nt; cushion cover → Kissenüberzug m, → Kissenbezug m

(= absorb, soften) fall, blow → auffangen, dämpfen; (fig) disappointment → dämpfen

(fig: = protect) to cushion somebody against something → jdn gegen etw abschirmen, jdn vor etw (dat) → behüten; he cushioned the vase against his chest → er barg die Vase an seiner Brust

(Billiards) ball → gegen die Bande spielen

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cushion

[ˈkʊʃ/ən]

1. n → cuscino; (of billiard table) → sponda (elastica)

2. vt (blow, fall, shock) → attutire, fare da cuscinetto a
to cushion sb against sth → proteggere qn da qc

cushion

(ˈkuʃən) noun

1. a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable. I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.

2. any similar support. A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.

verb

to lessen the force of a blow etc. The soft sand cushioned his fall.

cushion

→ وِسَادَة polštář pude Kissen μαξιλαράκι cojín tyyny coussin jastuk cuscino クッション 쿠션 kussen pute poduszka almofada диванная подушка kudde หมอนอิง yastık đệm 坐垫

cush·ion

n. cojinete, cojín.

cushion

n cojín m; vt acojinar

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The room was filled with massive furniture, and on each of the sofas were three big cushions. There was a cushion too in each arm-chair.

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Porthos, seeing this, retwisted his mustache, elongated his imperial a second time, and began to make signals to a beautiful lady who was near the choir, and who not only was a beautiful lady, but still further, no doubt, a great lady--for she had behind her a Negro boy who had brought the cushion on which she knelt, and a female servant who held the emblazoned bag in which was placed the book from which she read the Mass.

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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplght gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er, She shall press, ah, nevermore!

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This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamp-light gloated o'er, But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er She shall press, ah, nevermore!

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Beside him is a spare cushion with which he is always provided in order that he may have something to throw at the venerable partner of his respected age whenever she makes an allusion to money--a subject on which he is particularly sensitive.

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What makes men go out of their minds; what makes men shoot themselves?" he answered himself, and opening his eyes, he saw with wonder an embroidered cushion beside him, worked by Varya, his brother's wife.

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Lastly, on the gorgeous crimson cushion of Grandfather's chair would have shone the purple and golden magnificence of Sir William Phips.

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In the corner of the sofa there was a cushion, and in the velvet which covered it there was a hole, and out of the hole peeped a tiny head with a pair of tightened eyes in it.

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The Biscayan, when he saw him coming on, though he wished to dismount from his mule, in which, being one of those sorry ones let out for hire, he had no confidence, had no choice but to draw his sword; it was lucky for him, however, that he was near the coach, from which he was able to snatch a cushion that served him for a shield; and they went at one another as if they had been two mortal enemies.

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She lay on the sofa with her face to the wall, fingering the buttons of the leather cushion and seeing nothing but that cushion, and her confused thoughts were centered on one subject- the irrevocability of death and her own spiritual baseness, which she had not suspected, but which had shown itself during her father's illness.

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The second suggested a public procession, headed by the Wampog himself, bearing the Holy Poker on a cushion of cloth-of-brass.

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Maggie felt that she was being led down the garden among the roses, being helped with firm, tender care into the boat, having the cushion and cloak arranged for her feet, and her parasol opened for her (which she had forgotten), all by this stronger presence that seemed to bear her along without any act of her own will, like the added self which comes with the sudden exalting influence of a strong tonic, and she felt nothing else.