Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cushion
Cushion
cushion
n. & v. --n. 1 a bag of cloth etc. stuffed with a mass of soft material, used as a soft support for sitting or leaning on etc. 2 a means of protection against shock. 3 the elastic lining of the sides of a billiard-table, from which the ball rebounds. 4 a body of air supporting a hovercraft etc. 5 the frog of a horse's hoof. --v.tr. 1 provide or protect with a cushion or cushions. 2 provide with a defence; protect. 3 mitigate the adverse effects of (cushioned the blow). 4 quietly suppress. 5 place or bounce (the ball) against the cushion in billiards. Derivatives cushiony adj. Etymology: ME f. OF co(i)ssin, cu(i)ssin f. Gallo-Roman f. L culcita mattress, cushion
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I. noun see: coxa Date: 14th century a soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling, a bodily part resembling a pad, something resembling a ~: as, pillow 2, rat 3, a pad of springy rubber along the inside of the rim of a billiard table, a padded insert in a shoe, an elastic body for reducing shock, a mat laid under a large rug to ease the effect of wear, 4. something (as an economic factor or a medical procedure) serving to mitigate the effects of disturbances or disorders, a reserve supply (as of money), a comfortable lead , ~less adjective ~y adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1738 to seat or place on a ~, to suppress by ignoring, to furnish with a ~ , 4. to mitigate the effects of , to protect against force or shock , to check gradually so as to minimize shock of moving parts ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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