Past tense of cushion
regular verb
The past tense of cushion is cushioned. The past participle is also cushioned.
Forms of cushion
| Base form (V1) | cushion /ˈkʊʃən/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | cushioned /ˈkʊʃənd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | cushioned /ˈkʊʃənd/ |
| Present participle | cushioning /ˈkʊʃənɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | cushions /ˈkʊʃənz/ |
Cushioned in a sentence
- The police officer crumpled, her fall cushioned by the body armor she wore.2018, J. S. Morin, Mercy for Hire Mission Pack 1. Missions 1-4, Magical Scrivener Press, →ISBN, page unnamed. From the entry sportsballer
- He sat on a cushioned bench and slipped his feet into a pair of gaudy but fashionable pigaches.2013, T. H. Lain, The Death Ray, Wizards of the Coast, →ISBN. From the entry pigache
- All Mariner rods have large underwrapped aluminum-oxide guides, cushioned foam grips and graphite reel seats with stainlesssteel hoods.1998 July, “Fish Sticks”, in Boating. From the entry underwrapped
- Granma was in her chair cushioned with egg crating, so she could fall over asleep whenever she wanted and the chair would catch her head.2013, Annie Rachele Lanzillotto, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, →ISBN, page 294. From the entry egg crating
- Lower the bar down so it is about 30cm off the ground and place a bar pad (a black, cushioned tube) around the centre of the horizontal bar.2019, Chloe Madeley, Transform Your Body With Weights. From the entry bar pad
Meaning of cushion
- noun A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support.
- noun A throw pillow.
- noun A thin, flat pad used on hard chairs and sometimes toilet seats.
Questions about the past tense of cushion
- What is the past tense of cushion?
- The past tense of cushion is cushioned.
- What is the past participle of cushion?
- The past participle of cushion is cushioned.
- Is cushion a regular or irregular verb?
- Cushion is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: cushion (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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