<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a soft bag of cloth, leather, or rubber, filled with feathers, air, foam rubber, etc., on which to sit, kneel, or lie</li><li>anything similar in form, used to dampen shocks or to prevent excessive pressure or chafing</li><li>something to absorb or counteract a shock, jar, or jolt, as a body of air or steam</li><li>something that lessens the effects of hardship, distress, or the like</li><li>any part or structure resembling a cushion</li><li>the resilient raised rim encircling the top of a billiard table</li><li>a pad worn under the hair by women</li><li>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</li><li>the iced surface of a rink</li><li>a pillow used in lacemaking</li><li>a leather pad on which gold leaf is placed preparatory to gilding</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to place on or support by a cushion</li><li>to furnish with a cushion or cushions</li><li>to cover or conceal with, or as if with, a cushion</li><li>to lessen or soften the effects of</li><li>to suppress (complaints, lamentations, etc.) by quietly ignoring</li><li>to check the motion of (a piston or the like) by a cushion, as of steam</li><li>to form (steam or the like) into a cushion</li></ul>