CUSHION

I. noun see: coxa Date: 14th century a soft pillow or pad usually used for sitting, reclining, or kneeling, a bodily part resembling a pad, something resembling a ~: as, pillow 2, rat 3, a pad of springy rubber along the inside of the rim of a billiard table, a padded insert in a shoe, an elastic body for reducing shock, a mat laid under a large rug to ease the effect of wear, 4. something (as an economic factor or a medical procedure) serving to mitigate the effects of disturbances or disorders, a reserve supply (as of money), a comfortable lead , ~less adjective ~y adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: circa 1738 to seat or place on a ~, to suppress by ignoring, to furnish with a ~ , 4. to mitigate the effects of , to protect against force or shock , to check gradually so as to minimize shock of moving parts