'Cushioning' definitions:
Definition of 'cushioning'
(from WordNet)
noun
Artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort [syn: padding, cushioning]
Definition of 'Cushioning'
From: GCIDE
- Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); 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]
Definition of 'cushioning'
From: GCIDE
- cushioning \cushioning\ n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort.
- Syn: padding. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'cushioning'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abating,
- allaying,
- alleviating,
- assuaging,
- blunting,
- chastening,
- dampening,
- damping,
- deadening,
- diminishing,
- dulling,
- easing,
- laxation,
- lessening,
- mellowing,
- mitigating,
- mollification,
- mollifying,
- padding,
- reducing,
- relaxation,
- relaxing,
- softening,
- softening-up,
- subduing,
- tempering