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# cushion

«cushion» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A soft bag filled with stuffing, used to make a seat more…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

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

### meaning for a pupil

1) A soft bag filled with stuffing, used to make a seat more comfortable or to lean on. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#m1)

2) Something that makes a hit or fall softer: "a cushion of air". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#m2)

3) As a verb, to make a blow or fall softer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and 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. In the primary 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

- 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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x1)
- I lay on the sofa with a cushion under my head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x2)
- The crash mat cushioned his fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x3)
- Don't throw cushions in the living room! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x4)
- A hovercraft rides on a cushion of air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x5)
- Bike helmets have foam to cushion your head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x6)
- My brother put a whoopee cushion on my chair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x7)
- And bring me also the golden cushion.’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/#x8)

### 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 the corpora

- [His heart thumps, his cheeks go hot, and he shoves the tablet under a cushion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/4/)
- [Skin even fights back against rubbing: a blister cushions a sore spot, and a guitarist's fingertips grow thick hard calluses.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/354-skin-fingerprints-scabs-scars-bruises-and-blisters/4/)
- [At the table sit the March Hare, the Hatter and the Dormouse, who is fast asleep and used as a cushion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/13-alice-a-mad-tea-party-1/12/)
- [A whoopee cushion usually passes this test.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/204-pranks/1/)
- [So they piled cushions on the floor and called it the VIP section, and suddenly everyone wanted it.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/399-left-out-without-a-console/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «cushion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/cushion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.