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/kˈʊʃənd/ Listen

verb

Cushion v. t. (past & past part. cushioned; pres. part. cushioning)

To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. "Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity."

To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.

Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

adjective

cushioned adj.

Furnished with a cushion or other device to reduce hardness.

Synonyms: cushiony, padded.

Having the severity reduced; having the unpleasant effects mitigated.

Protected against shock by adding soft padding or other device to reduce deceleration in a collision.

Synonyms: cushioned.

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Etymology of 'Cushioned'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Cushioned" Quotes from Famous Books

... raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore— What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore ...

— Southern Literature From 1579-1895 • Louise Manly

... into the tiny cottage parlour. A large wicker chair, well cushioned, stood in readiness. As Durant lowered himself into it, he saw that the girl's eyes were ...

— The Tidal Wave and Other Stories • Ethel May Dell

... a fortnight after the coroner's inquest had been held, and when the excitement of the terrible affair was calming down and Polk Street beginning to resume its monotonous routine, Old Grannis sat in his clean, well-kept little room, in his cushioned armchair, his hands lying idly upon his knees. It was evening; not quite time to light the lamps. Old Grannis had drawn his chair close to the wall—so close, in fact, that he could hear Miss Baker's grenadine brushing against the other side ...

— McTeague • Frank Norris

... rode alone, the fronds of breast-high ferns seemed to caress her with outstretched and gently-detaining hands; strange wildflowers sprang up through the parting underbrush; even the granite rocks that at times pressed closely upon the trail appeared as if cushioned to her contact with star-rayed mosses, or lightly flung after her long lassoes of delicate vines. She recalled the absolute freedom of their al-fresco life in the old double cabin, when she spent the greater part of her waking hours under ...

— Devil's Ford • Bret Harte

... an hour later Nejdanov sat by his side on the broad leather-cushioned seat of his comfortable old carriage. The little coachman on the box kept on whistling in wonderfully pleasant bird-like notes; three piebald horses, with plaited manes and tails, flew like the wind over the smooth ...

— Virgin Soil • Ivan S. Turgenev

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