cushion
part of speech
noun (a cushion, cushions); verb (cushion, cushions, cushioned, cushioning)
meaning for a pupil
1) A soft bag filled with stuffing, used to make a seat more comfortable or to lean on. tree →
2) Something that makes a hit or fall softer: "a cushion of air". tree →
3) As a verb, to make a blow or fall softer. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life, cushions sit on sofas and chairs. In science, materials like foam and air cushion falls and bumps; helmets and crash mats work this way. In safety lessons, landing mats cushion falls in gym. Phrases: sofa cushion, cushion the fall, cushion of air, whoopee cushion.
examples
- I lay on the sofa with a cushion under my head. tree →
- The crash mat cushioned his fall. tree →
- Don't throw cushions in the living room! tree →
- A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. tree →
- Bike helmets have foam to cushion your head. tree →
- My brother put a whoopee cushion on my chair. tree →
- And bring me also the golden cushion.’ tree →
note
Countable. Spelling trap: c-u-s-h-i-o-n, said "KUSH-un". Americans may say "pillow" for a sofa cushion; in British English a pillow is mainly for a bed. In science, cushioning makes a stop take longer, so the force is smaller.
In the corpora
- His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.
- Skin even fights back against rubbing: a blister cushions a sore spot, and a guitarist's fingertips grow thick hard calluses.
- At the table sit the March Hare, the Hatter and the Dormouse, who is fast asleep and used as a cushion.
- A whoopee cushion usually passes this test.
- So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyone wanted it.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «cushion» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.