Cushion

Definition of cushion:

part of speech: noun

A case filled with some soft, elastic stuff, for resting on: a pillow.

part of speech: noun

Bag or case filled with soft materials for resting on; elastic rim of a billiard- table.

part of speech: verb

To seat upon, or furnish with, a soft pad; as, to cushion a chair.

part of speech: verb

Make the cue ball strike against the rim of a billiard table.

part of speech: noun

A pillow or soft pad; the elastic rim of a billiard table.

part of speech: noun

The central thick region in the prothallus of a fern.

part of speech: verb

To furnish with a cushion.

part of speech: verb

To seat on or furnish with a cushion.

Usage examples for cushion:

• Here, after the assault was over, the ambassadors who from several towns which he had blocked up, came to submit to him and make their peace, were surprised to find him still in his armor, without anyone in waiting or attendance upon him, and when at last some one brought him a cushion he made the eldest of them, named Acuphis, take it and sit down upon it. "Plutarch-Lives-of-the-noble-Grecians-and-Romans", Clough, Arthur Hugh.

• A heavy wind- storm arose and the waves began to break into the boat so that it was filling; but Jesus was in the stern asleep on the cushion "The Children's Bible", Henry A. Sherman Charles Foster Kent.

• " I, madame," answered Trude, who was just bringing a great cushion from the back- room to cover the general's feet. "Old Fritz and the New Era", Louise Muhlbach.

• Taking Wych Hazel's hands then, he softly transferred her from her own chair to this, and placed a cushion under her feet. "The Gold of Chickaree", Susan Warner.