Found 3 items, similar to Cushion.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cushion
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cushion
cushion
n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses;
“the
old car needed a new set of shocks” [syn:
shock absorber
,
shock]
2: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as
feathers or foam rubber etc.
v : protect from impact;
“cushion the blow” [syn:
buffer,
soften]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cushion
Cushion
\Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Cushioning.]
1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
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Many who are cushioned on thrones would have
remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke.
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2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
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3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
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Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under
Dead-stroke.
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Cushion
\Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF.
coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum,
dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See
Quilt,
and cf.
Counterpoint a
coverlet.]
1. 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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Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise.
--Dryden.
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2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as:
(a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf;
(b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam
engine to receive the impact of the piston;
(c) the elastic edge of a billiard table.
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3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; --
called also
cushion dance. --Halliwell.
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Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to
appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its
entablature.
(b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the
Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part
of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical
faces.
Cushion star (Zo["o]l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to
Goniaster,
Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so
called from its form.
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