cushion
/ˈkʊʃən/ verb C2- To furnish with cushions. · to cushion a sofa
- To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
- To absorb or deaden the impact of. · to cushion a blow
- To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
He/she/it cushions · Past cushioned · Past participle cushioned · -ing form cushioning
Verb forms
- Base form
- cushion
- He/she/it
- cushions
- Past
- cushioned
- Past participle
- cushioned
- -ing form
- cushioning
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There was a table set out under a tree in front of the house, and the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea at it: a Dormouse was sitting between them, fast asleep, and the other two were using it as a cushion, resting their elbows on it, and talking over its head.
Then followed the Knave of Hearts, carrying the King’s crown on a crimson velvet cushion; and, last of all this grand procession, came THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS.
“I was passing your door when I saw it on the cushion, so I went in to look at it.”
There was no “mahogany furniture,” but there was a white-painted bookcase filled with books, a cushioned wicker rocker, a toilet table befrilled with white muslin, a quaint, gilt-framed mirror with chubby pink Cupids and purple grapes painted over its arched top, that used to hang in the spare room, and a low white bed.
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