Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cushion
Participle: cushioned
Gerund: cushioning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cushion |
| you | cushion |
| he;she;it | cushions |
| we | cushion |
| you | cushion |
| they | cushion |
Perfect
| I | have cushioned |
| you | have cushioned |
| he;she;it | has cushioned |
| we | have cushioned |
| you | have cushioned |
| they | have cushioned |
Past
| I | cushioned |
| you | cushioned |
| he;she;it | cushioned |
| we | cushioned |
| you | cushioned |
| they | cushioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cushioned |
| you | had cushioned |
| he;she;it | had cushioned |
| we | had cushioned |
| you | had cushioned |
| they | had cushioned |
Future
| I | will cushion |
| you | will cushion |
| he;she;it | will cushion |
| we | will cushion |
| you | will cushion |
| they | will cushion |
Future Perfect
| I | will have cushioned |
| you | will have cushioned |
| he;she;it | will have cushioned |
| we | will have cushioned |
| you | will have cushioned |
| they | will have cushioned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cushion |
| you | cushion |
| he;she;it | cushion |
| we | cushion |
| you | cushion |
| they | cushion |
Perfect
| I | have cushioned |
| you | have cushioned |
| he;she;it | have cushioned |
| we | have cushioned |
| you | have cushioned |
| they | have cushioned |
Imperfect
| I | cushioned |
| you | cushioned |
| he;she;it | cushioned |
| we | cushioned |
| you | cushioned |
| they | cushioned |
Pluperfect
| I | had cushioned |
| you | had cushioned |
| he;she;it | had cushioned |
| we | had cushioned |
| you | had cushioned |
| they | had cushioned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cushion |
| you | would cushion |
| he;she;it | would cushion |
| we | would cushion |
| you | would cushion |
| they | would cushion |
Perfect
| I | would have cushioned |
| you | would have cushioned |
| he;she;it | would have cushioned |
| we | would have cushioned |
| you | would have cushioned |
| they | would have cushioned |
Imperative
| you | cushion |
| we | Let's cushion |
| you | cushion |
Verbs conjugated like 'cushion'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cushion'
fashion,
fusion,
auction,
caption,
cashier,
caution,
chin,
clarion,
conscion,
cophin,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English quysshyn, from later Old French coissin (modern coussin), from Vulgar Latin *coxīnus (“seat pad”), derived from Latin coxa (“hip, thigh”) (with the suffix possibly after Latin pulvīnus (“pillow”)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *koḱs- (“joint, limb”).
Sample Sentences
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to cushion a sofa
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How many doughty monarchs, in later and more polite ages, would have slept in cottages, and have worked in falls, instead of inhabiting palaces, and being cushioned up in thrones, if this rule of government had continued in force ? [1734, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, A Dissertation on Parties:]
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to cushion a blow
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[…]the development of popular interest in Parliament made it less possible for the Privy Council in Dublin to cushion a bill which the Commons had presented to the Lord Lieutenant[…] [1903, Edward Porritt, “Poynings' Law”, in The Unreformed House of Commons, volume II, page 429:]
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And then I’d strip the message back to a basic sentence, not cushion it with an apology (an apology – from me!) or explain why I wanted the antisocial behaviour to stop. [2024 July 27, Hannah Ewens, “‘Do you mind listening to that with headphones?’ How one little phrase revolutionised my commute”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:]