[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie.Synonyms: pad", "anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing.", "something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam.Synonyms: shock absorber shock absorber", "something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like:His inheritance was a cushion against unemployment.", "Anatomy, Zoology.any part or structure resembling a cushion.", "the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table.", "a pad worn under the hair by women.", "a portion of a radio or television script that can be adjusted in length or cut out altogether in order to end the program on time.", "Ice Hockey, Canadian.the iced surface of a rink.", "a pillow used in lacemaking.", "a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to place on or support by a cushion.", "to furnish with a cushion or cushions.", "to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion.", "to lessen or soften the effects of:to cushion the blow to his pride.", "to suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring.", "to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam.", "to form (steam or the like) into a cushion."]}]