cushion

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cushioned p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning. ] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. furnished with a cushion or other device to reduce hardness.
Syn. -- cushiony, padded. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. having the severity reduced; having the unpleasant effects mitigated. [ PJC ]

3. protected against shock by adding soft padding or other device to reduce deceleration in a collision.
Syn. -- cushioned. [ PJC ]

n. [ OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See Cushion, and cf. Coussinet. ] A little cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
Syn. -- padding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Not furnished with a cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]