Cushion

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Cushion

Cushion : மெத்தை

Cushion : மெத்தை

Cushion : திண்டு

Cushion definition

Noun.

  1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
  2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
  3. a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
  4. a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
  5. the elastic edge of a billiard table.
  6. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.

Transitive verb.

  1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
  2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
  3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.