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slovo definícia cushion (encz) cushion,bříško n: Zdeněk Brož cushion (encz) cushion,mantinel kulecnik web cushion (encz) cushion,polštář cushion (encz) cushion,polštářek Zdeněk Brož cushion (encz) cushion,změkčit v: Zdeněk Brož cushion (encz) cushion,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož cushion (encz) cushion,ztlumit v: Zdeněk Brož Cushion (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster] Cushion (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. Cushion star (Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster] cushion (wn) cushion n 1: a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the old car needed a new set of shocks" [syn: {shock absorber}, shock, cushion] 2: the layer of air that supports a hovercraft or similar vehicle 3: a soft bag filled with air or a mass of padding such as feathers or foam rubber etc. v 1: protect from impact; "cushion the blow" [syn: cushion, buffer, soften]

podobné slovo definícia cushiony (mass) cushiony - mäkký cushion calamint (encz) cushion calamint, n: cushion flower (encz) cushion flower, n: cushioned (encz) cushioned,čalouněný adj: Zdeněk Brožcushioned,polštářovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož cushioning (encz) cushioning,čalounění n: Zdeněk Brožcushioning,odpružení n: Zdeněk Brož cushions (encz) cushions,podložky n: pl. Zdeněk Brožcushions,polštáře Zdeněk Brožcushions,vycpávky n: pl. Zdeněk Brož cushiony (encz) cushiony,měkký adj: Zdeněk Brožcushiony,polštářovitý adj: Zdeněk Brožcushiony,vycpaný adj: Zdeněk Brožcushiony,vyčalouněný adj: Zdeněk Brožcushiony,vypolštářovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož inflatable cushion (encz) inflatable cushion, n: pincushion (encz) pincushion,jehelníček n: Zdeněk Brož pincushion flower (encz) pincushion flower, n: pincushion hakea (encz) pincushion hakea, n: seat cushion (encz) seat cushion, n: Air cushion (gcide) Air \Air\ ([^a]r), n. [OE. air, eir, F. air, L. a["e]r, fr. Gr. 'ah`r, air, mist, for 'a[digamma]hr, fr. root 'a[digamma] to blow, breathe, probably akin to E. wind. In sense 10 the French has taking a meaning fr. It. aria atmosphere, air, fr. the same Latin word; and in senses 11, 12, 13 the French meaning is either fr. L. aria, or due to confusion with F. aire, in an older sense of origin, descent. Cf. A["e]ry, Debonair, Malaria, Wind.] 1. The fluid which we breathe, and which surrounds the earth; the atmosphere. It is invisible, inodorous, insipid, transparent, compressible, elastic, and ponderable. [1913 Webster] Note: By the ancient philosophers, air was regarded as an element; but modern science has shown that it is essentially a mixture of oxygen and nitrogen, with a small amount of carbon dioxide, the average proportions being, by volume: oxygen, 20.96 per cent.; nitrogen, 79.00 per cent.; carbon dioxide, 0.04 per cent. These proportions are subject to a very slight variability. Air also always contains some vapor of water. [1913 Webster] 2. Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." --Shak. [1913 Webster] He was still all air and fire. [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.] --Macaulay . [1913 Webster] 3. A particular state of the atmosphere, as respects heat, cold, moisture, etc., or as affecting the sensations; as, a smoky air, a damp air, the morning air, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. Any a["e]riform body; a gas; as, oxygen was formerly called vital air. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 5. Air in motion; a light breeze; a gentle wind. [1913 Webster] Let vernal airs through trembling osiers play. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 6. Odoriferous or contaminated air. [1913 Webster] 7. That which surrounds and influences. [1913 Webster] The keen, the wholesome air of poverty. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 8. Utterance abroad; publicity; vent. [1913 Webster] You gave it air before me. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 9. Intelligence; information. [Obs.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 10. (Mus.) (a) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive single tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced whole, which may be sung by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to plain prose, or played upon an instrument; a melody; a tune; an aria. (b) In harmonized chorals, psalmody, part songs, etc., the part which bears the tune or melody -- in modern harmony usually the upper part -- is sometimes called the air. [1913 Webster] 11. The peculiar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 12. Peculiar appearance; apparent character; semblance; manner; style. [1913 Webster] It was communicated with the air of a secret. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 12. pl. An artificial or affected manner; show of pride or vanity; haughtiness; as, it is said of a person, he puts on airs. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 14. (Paint.) (a) The representation or reproduction of the effect of the atmospheric medium through which every object in nature is viewed. --New Am. Cyc. (b) Carriage; attitude; action; movement; as, the head of that portrait has a good air. --Fairholt. [1913 Webster] 15. (Man.) The artificial motion or carriage of a horse. [1913 Webster] Note: Air is much used adjectively or as the first part of a compound term. In most cases it might be written indifferently, as a separate limiting word, or as the first element of the compound term, with or without the hyphen; as, air bladder, air-bladder, or airbladder; air cell, air-cell, or aircell; air-pump, or airpump. [1913 Webster] Air balloon. See Balloon. Air bath. (a) An apparatus for the application of air to the body. (b) An arrangement for drying substances in air of any desired temperature. Air castle. See Castle in the air, under Castle. Air compressor, a machine for compressing air to be used as a motive power. Air crossing, a passage for air in a mine. Air cushion, an air-tight cushion which can be inflated; also, a device for arresting motion without shock by confined air. Air fountain, a contrivance for producing a jet of water by the force of compressed air. Air furnace, a furnace which depends on a natural draft and not on blast. Air line, a straight line; a bee line. Hence Air-line, adj.; as, air-line road. Air lock (Hydr. Engin.), an intermediate chamber between the outer air and the compressed-air chamber of a pneumatic caisson. --Knight. Air port (Nav.), a scuttle or porthole in a ship to admit air. Air spring, a spring in which the elasticity of air is utilized. Air thermometer, a form of thermometer in which the contraction and expansion of air is made to measure changes of temperature. Air threads, gossamer. Air trap, a contrivance for shutting off foul air or gas from drains, sewers, etc.; a stench trap. Air trunk, a pipe or shaft for conducting foul or heated air from a room. Air valve, a valve to regulate the admission or egress of air; esp. a valve which opens inwardly in a steam boiler and allows air to enter. Air way, a passage for a current of air; as the air way of an air pump; an air way in a mine. In the air. (a) Prevalent without traceable origin or authority, as rumors. (b) Not in a fixed or stable position; unsettled. (c) (Mil.) Unsupported and liable to be turned or taken in flank; as, the army had its wing in the air. on the air, currently transmitting; live; -- used of radio and television broadcasts, to indicate that the images and sounds being picked up by cameras and microphones are being broadcast at the present moment. Note: In call-in programs where individuals outside a radio or television studio have telephoned into the station, when their voice is being directly broadcast, the host of the program commonly states "You're on the air." as a warning that the conversation is not private. To take air, to be divulged; to be made public. To take the air, to go abroad; to walk or ride out. [1913 Webster] air-cushioned vehicle (gcide) hovercraft \hov"er*craft\, n. A vehicle that rides over water or land supported by the pressure of a stream of air generated by downward-thrusting fans, and is propelled forward by an air propeller; also called ACV and air-cushioned vehicle. [Mostly found in Great Britain] [PJC] Altar cushion (gcide) Altar \Al"tar\, n. [OE. alter, auter, autier, fr. L. altare, pl. altaria, altar, prob. fr. altus high: cf. OF. alter, autier, F. autel. Cf. Altitude.] 1. A raised structure (as a square or oblong erection of stone or wood) on which sacrifices are offered or incense burned to a deity. [1913 Webster] Noah builded an altar unto the Lord. --Gen. viii. 20. [1913 Webster] 2. In the Christian church, a construction of stone, wood, or other material for the celebration of the Holy Eucharist; the communion table. [1913 Webster] Note: Altar is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, altar bread or altar-bread. [1913 Webster] Altar cloth or Altar-cloth, the cover for an altar in a Christian church, usually richly embroidered. Altar cushion, a cushion laid upon the altar in a Christian church to support the service book. Altar frontal. See Frontal. Altar rail, the railing in front of the altar or communion table. Altar screen, a wall or partition built behind an altar to protect it from approach in the rear. Altar tomb, a tomb resembling an altar in shape, etc. Family altar, place of family devotions. To lead (as a bride) to the altar, to marry; -- said of a woman. [1913 Webster] Coronary cushion (gcide) Coronary cushion \Coronary cushion\ A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cushion (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster]Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. Cushion star (Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. Cushion star (Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster] cushion dance (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. Cushion star (Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster] Cushion star (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.] 1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad. [1913 Webster] Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table. [1913 Webster] 3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. Cushion star (Zool.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form. [1913 Webster] Cushion tire (gcide) Cushion tire \Cushion tire\ A thick solid-rubber tire, as for a bicycle, with a hollow groove running lengthwise on the inside. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Cushioned (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster]cushioned \cushioned\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]nd), adj. 1. furnished with a cushion or other device to reduce hardness. Syn: cushiony, padded. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. having the severity reduced; having the unpleasant effects mitigated. [PJC] 3. protected against shock by adding soft padding or other device to reduce deceleration in a collision. Syn: cushioned. [PJC] cushioned (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster]cushioned \cushioned\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]nd), adj. 1. furnished with a cushion or other device to reduce hardness. Syn: cushiony, padded. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] 2. having the severity reduced; having the unpleasant effects mitigated. [PJC] 3. protected against shock by adding soft padding or other device to reduce deceleration in a collision. Syn: cushioned. [PJC] Cushioned hammer (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster] Cushionet (gcide) Cushionet \Cush"ion*et\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n*[e^]t), n. [OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See Cushion, and cf. Coussinet.] A little cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioning (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster]cushioning \cushioning\ n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Syn: padding. [WordNet 1.5] cushioning (gcide) Cushion \Cush"ion\ (k[oo^]sh"[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cushioned (-[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cushioning.] 1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. [1913 Webster] Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster] 2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise. [1913 Webster] 3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. [1913 Webster] Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke. [1913 Webster]cushioning \cushioning\ n. soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort. Syn: padding. [WordNet 1.5] Cushionless (gcide) Cushionless \Cush"ion*less\, a. Not furnished with a cushion. [1913 Webster] Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews. --Hawthorne. [1913 Webster] Cushiony (gcide) Cushiony \Cush"ion*y\ (-[y^]), a. Like a cushion; soft; pliable. [1913 Webster] A flat and cushiony nose. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]