CUSHION
\kˈʊʃən], \kˈʊʃən], \k_ˈʊ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of CUSHION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
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a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
By Princeton University
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a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
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a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
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a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
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a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
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the elastic edge of a billiard table.
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A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.
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To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
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To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
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To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
By Oddity Software
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A pillow or soft pad; the elastic rim of a billiard table.
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To seat upon, or furnish with, a soft pad; as, to cushion a chair.
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Make the cue ball strike against the rim of a billiard table.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A case filled with some soft, elastic stuff, for resting on: a pillow.
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To seat on or furnish with a cushion.
By Daniel Lyons
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Bag or case filled with soft materials for resting on; elastic rim of a billiard-table.
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To furnish with a cushion.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To place on or provide with a cushion.
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A flexible casing filled with soft material, as feathers; any device to deaden jar.
By James Champlin Fernald
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.
