cushion
Kelime Anlamı :

1. yastık.
2. yedek saklama alanı.
3. minder.
4. zararı azaltacak önlem.
5. ACİL İHTİYAÇ PAYI.
6. bant.
7. rahatlatmak.
8. tampon.
9. hava yastığı.
10. altlık.
Sahne Örnekleri :
Tanımlar :
1. to seat on or as on a cushion or cushions.
2. to cover or conceal with or as with a cushion; furnish with a cushion or cushions, in any sense of that word: as, to cushion a seat; to cushion a carriage.
3. . to put aside or suppress.
4. in billiards, to make the cue-ball hit the cushion, either before it touches any other ball or after contact with the object-ball.
5. in machinery, to compress (exhaust-steam or other motive fluid) by closing the exhaust-outlet of a cylinder before the piston completes its traverse.
6. A bag-like case of cloth or leather, usually of moderate size, filled with feathers, wool, or other soft material, used to support or ease some part of the body in sitting or reclining, as on a chair or lounge. see pillow.
7. something resembling a cushion in structure, softness, elasticity, use, or appearance; especially, something used to counteract a sudden shock, jar, or jolt, as in a piece of mechanism.
8. the rubber of an electrical machine. see rubber.
9. the padded side or rim of a billiard-table.
10. the head of a bit-stock. see brace, 14.
11. in machinery, a body of air or steam which serves, under pressure, as an elastic check or buffer; specifically, steam left in the cylinder of an engine to serve as an elastic check for the piston. the cushion is made by closing the exhaust-outlet an instant before the end of the stroke, or by opening the inlet for live steam before the stroke is finished.
12. in zoology, a pulvillus.
13. in botany, the enlargement at or beneath the insertion of many leaves, a special mobile organ. also called pulvinus.
14. in architecture, the echinus of a capital.
15. the woolsack.
16. an expansion at the lower extremity of a grape-vine from which a part of its roots spring.
17. same as saddle, 3 .
18. in pianoforte-making, a pad or roll of felt placed under the ends of the keys to prevent noise. see cut under pianoforte.
19. same as coronet, 6.
20. A pool formed by a low dam or obstruction immediately below a higher dam to prevent erosion or destructive effect of the water which falls over the higher dam or hydraulic work.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle
2. a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc.
3. protect from impact
4. a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.