cushioning
UK/ˈkʊʃənɪŋ/
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New Zealand/ˈkʊʃənəŋ/
cushioning is the present participle and gerund of cushion.
Noun
cushioning (countable and uncountable, plural cushionings)
- Material used to cushion something.
- Beneath them lay the calm sleeping waters of the lake, dotted with its beautiful islands […] while away in the distance, like a silver thread among the richest cushionings, the little river itself flowed peacefully onward in its course.1872, L. R. E, The Pace that Kills: A Tale of the Day, volume 2, page 51
- The act or practice of someone entertaining other potential romantic options while in a committed relationship.
Meaning of cushion
Verb
cushion (third-person singular simple present cushions, present participle cushioning, simple past and past participle cushioned)
- To furnish with cushions.
- to cushion a sofa
- To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
- How many doughty monarchs, in later and more polite ages, would have slept in cottages, and have worked in falls, instead of inhabiting palaces, and being cushioned up in thrones, if this rule of government had continued in force ?1734, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation on Parties
- To absorb or deaden the impact of.
- to cushion a blow
- Synonyms:
- buffer
- To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Forms of cushioning
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Phrases with cushioning
Questions about cushioning
- What does cushioning mean?
- Cushioning means material used to cushion something.
- What is cushioning the present participle and gerund of?
- Cushioning is the present participle and gerund of cushion.
- What part of speech is cushioning?
- Cushioning is a noun.
- How do you pronounce cushioning?
- Cushioning is pronounced /ˈkʊʃənɪŋ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of cushioning?
- The plural of cushioning is cushionings.
Words near cushioning in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: cushioning (page history and authors); cushion (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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