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['kuʃən] 1. noun1) (a bag of cloth etc filled with soft material, eg feathers etc, used for support or to make a seat more comfortable: I'll sit on a cushion on the floor.) coussin2) (any similar support: A hovercraft travels on a cushion of air.) coussin2. verb(to lessen the force of a blow etc: The soft sand cushioned his fall.) amortir -
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1 coussin m ; a cushion of air un coussin d'air ;B vtr amortir [blow, impact, costs, effects] ; to cushion sb against sth protéger qn contre qch ; to cushion sb's fall amortir la chute de qn.1 ( padded) matelassé ; ( covered in cushions) couvert de coussins ;2 fig [youth, era] hyperprotégé. -
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cushion ['kʊʃən]1 noun∎ on a cushion of air sur un coussin d'air;∎ figurative the annual increase in salary acts as a cushion against inflation l'augmentation annuelle des salaires amortit les effets de l'inflation(b) (in snooker, billiards etc) bande f;∎ to play off the cushion jouer par la bande;∎ stroke off the cushion doublé m∎ to cushion a fall amortir une chute;∎ these tax cuts will cushion price rises ces réductions d'impôts amortiront la hausse des prix;∎ they have been cushioned against unemployment ils ont été protégés contre le chômage
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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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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