Cushion
['kʊʃ(ə)n] or ['kʊʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc..
(noun.) the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle.
(verb.) protect from impact; 'cushion the blow'.
Edited by Darrell--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Definition
n. a case filled with some soft elastic stuff for resting on: a pillow: the 'pillow' used in making bone-lace: an engraver's pad: the rubber of an electrical machine: a pad supporting a woman's hair: the elastic lining of the inner side of a billiard-table: a body of steam remaining in the cylinder of a steam-engine acting as a buffer to the piston.—v.t. to seat on or furnish with a cushion.—p.adj. Cush′ioned furnished with a cushion padded: having cushion-tires.—ns. Cush′ionet a little cushion; Cush′ion-tire a bicycle tire made of india-rubber tubing with india-rubber stuffing.—adj. Cush′iony like a cushion soft.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of reclining on silken cushions, foretells that your ease will be procured at the expense of others; but to see the cushions, denotes that you will prosper in business and love-making. For a young woman to dream of making silken cushions, implies that she will be a bride before many months.
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Examples
- The cushion had been removed, and the Bible was not there. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- On some hay on the ground, with a cushion thrown under his head, lay a handsome peasant boy--a boy of not more than seventeen at the most. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Miss Bart accepted the cup of tea, but put back the cushion with an impatient hand. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He drew her to the arm-chair near the fire, and placed a cushion behind her shoulders. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Meg had a cushion, Jo a book, Beth a basket, and Amy a portfolio. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- She kept the bouquet close to her on the cushion, and wouldn't allow Jip to sit on that side of her at all, for fear he should crush it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then Holmes hurried with a cushion for his head, and I with brandy for his lips. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The table was of the usual European style --cushions dead and twice as high as the balls; the cues in bad repair. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Her head dropped on the cushions; and she burst out crying. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The new cushions are a great improvement upon the hard marble seats we have been so long accustomed to. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The convertible rails, however, because of their rigidity, are more desirable than the convertible cushions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They have immense, flat, forked cushions of feet, that make a track in the dust like a pie with a slice cut out of it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- His head fell on the sofa cushions. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The cushions are fastened to the inside of the rail by means of a specially prepared glue. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Holmes laughed softly to himself and stretched himself out upon the cushioned seat. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They return to the house of Cephalus, Polemarchus' father, now in extreme old age, who is found sitting upon a cushioned seat crowned for a sacrifice. Plato. The Republic.
- She herself sat primly and somewhat grimly-tidy in a cushioned rocking-chair, her hands busied with some knitting. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The ideas of William Thomson as to pneumatic and cushioned tires are now, after a lapse of fifty years, generally adopted. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They cushioned me up on a large sofa by the fire, and then the comely landlady told me that I must travel no further to-night, but must go to bed. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Picture me then idle, basking, plump, and happy, stretched on a cushioned deck, warmed with constant sunshine, rocked by breezes indolently soft. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- To the rear of the door is secured the cast iron circular ring A, inside of which lies the Russia iron diaphragm B, cushioned at its edges with a rubber band. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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