Cushioning

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.
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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.
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              Many who are cushioned on thrones would have
              remained in obscurity.                --Bolingbroke.
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     2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
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     3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
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     {Cushioned hammer}, a dead-stroke hammer. See under
        {Dead-stroke}.
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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