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# cushion

noun (a cushion, cushions); verb (cushion, cushions, cushioned, cushioning)

«cushion» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A soft bag filled with stuffing, used to make a seat more comfortable or to lean on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#m1)
2. Something that makes a hit or fall softer: "a cushion of air". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#m2)
3. As a verb, to make a blow or fall softer. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, cushions sit on sofas and chairs. In science, materials like foam and air cushion falls and bumps; helmets and crash mats work this way. In safety lessons, landing mats cushion falls in gym. Phrases: sofa cushion, cushion the fall, cushion of air, whoopee cushion.

### Examples

- I lay on the sofa with a cushion under my head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x1)
- The crash mat cushioned his fall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x2)
- Don't throw cushions in the living room! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x3)
- A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x4)
- Bike helmets have foam to cushion your head. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x5)
- My brother put a whoopee cushion on my chair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x6)
- And bring me also the golden cushion.’ [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Spelling trap: c-u-s-h-i-o-n, said "KUSH-un". Americans may say "pillow" for a sofa cushion; in British English a pillow is mainly for a bed. In science, cushioning makes a stop take longer, so the force is smaller.

## In Jewish tradition

In Ezekiel these are soft pads sewn by false prophetesses. They make people feel falsely safe about what is coming.

**Interpretation.** Ezekiel's words are read as a warning against false prophets who give comfort and ease when people need the truth.

### Examples

- and say: Thus saith the Lord GOD: Woe to the women that sew cushions upon all elbows, and make pads for the head of persons of every stature to hunt souls! (Prophets EZK.13.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Spelling trap: c-u-s-h-i-o-n, said "KUSH-un". Americans may say "pillow" for a sofa cushion; in British English a pillow is mainly for a bed. In science, cushioning makes a stop take longer, so the force is smaller.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «cushion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/cushion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cushion» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/cushion.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «cushion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«cushion» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/cushion.html) on Mova free.