4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: cushioning \cushioning\ n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Syn: padding. [WordNet 1.5] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under {Dead-stroke}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cushioning n : artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: {padding}] From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 26 Moby Thesaurus words for "cushioning": abating, allaying, alleviating, assuaging, blunting, chastening, dampening, damping, deadening, diminishing, dulling, easing, laxation, lessening, mellowing, mitigating, mollification, mollifying, padding, reducing, relaxation, relaxing, softening, softening-up, subduing, tempering
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