(n.) A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.
(n.) Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use
(n.) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf
(n.) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston
(n.) the elastic edge of a billiard table.
(n.) A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance.
(v. t.) To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.
(v. t.) To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.
(v. t.) To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion.
Example Sentences:
(1) Immunostaining revealed that cushion mesenchymal cells cultured on substrata other than vitronectin synthesized vitronectin.
(2) In general, after recording a baseline tympanogram, mechanically created positive and negative air pressures are created in a hermetically sealed ear canal causing increased pressure on the middle ear air cushion.
(3) Despite campaign pledges from both leading parties that, if elected, they will try to cushion the blow, the measures add amount to a daunting legislative programme from which Greece’s new prime minister – whatever his name – will find it difficult, if not impossible, to deviate.
(4) PNA binding sites capped by sialic acid were most abundant in the developing rat heart during the critical period of endocardial cushion formation and decreased as development proceeded.
(5) Pancreatic RNAs were isolated by the guanidinium thiocyanate method and layered onto CsCl cushion.
(6) Updated at 7.20pm BST 7.18pm BST Frame 25 Good break from Ronnie, cue ball tight on the top cushion behind the green.
(7) An increase in the bank’s capital cushion during the first three months of the year has helped fuel expectations that the size of the payout could rise rapidly in the future.
(8) Shrewsbury and University College also cemented a lifelong friendship with Richard Ingrams, one of the founders and editors of Private Eye, for which Foot was to do some of his finest work, cushioning attacks on the scandalous nature of Ingrams' organ with corruption exposed by the "serious side".
(9) In nine specimens removed 5 days to 16 months after embolization therapy, a series of pathologic changes was seen, including patchy mural angionecrosis (adjacent to bucrylate fragments) up to six weeks after embolization, the presence of bucrylate in vessel walls and fibromuscular intimal cushions, and the occurrence (after several months) of entirely extravascular bucrylate.
(10) The plantar cushion reflex in cats was examined as a model system in a mammal for the study of the effects of repeated stimulation on neural transmission.
(11) The EBA found that, among the British-based banks, Royal Bank of Scotland had the lowest capital cushion after the stress tests of 6.3%, followed by Barclays with a ratio of 7.3%, Lloyds at 7.7%, and HSBC the highest at 8.5%.
(12) Ali said the cushioning would have made little difference.
(13) During heart development in the chick some of the endocardial cells that cover the cushion areas leave the cushion endocardium, seed the underlying cardiac jelly, and are transformed into mesenchyme.
(14) The diagnosis of overriding mitral valve should be suspected in any patient with significant conotruncal anomalies and underdeveloped left ventricle, especially the patient with double outlet right ventricle, and in the patient with endocardial cushion defect, hypoplasia of the left ventricle, and obstructive anomalies of the aortic arch.
(15) Her cushions featuring maps of two countries have been popular as wedding gifts for multinational couples.
(16) While sphincteric activity is important for continence, other mechanisms such as the anorectal angle and anal cushions are also of relevance.
(17) The formation of small craterlike defects was observed on the distal ventral and proximal left bulbar cushions.
(18) The Bank of England sends a clear message to banks today to cut staff bonuses and share dividends so that they can bolster their capital cushions while maintaining lending to businesses and households.
(19) The dynamic impact tests at Southwest Research Institute for the first time exposed human volunteers to production-like driver air cushion system depolyments at impact levels equivalent to a 30 mph barrier crash (48 kph).
(20) However, to cushion the blow ministers offered £100m in "transitional grants" to councils that designed schemes that would offer some protection to the poor.
Fender
Definition:
(v. t. & i.) One who or that which defends or protects by warding off harm
(v. t. & i.) A screen to prevent coals or sparks of an open fire from escaping to the floor.
(v. t. & i.) Anything serving as a cushion to lessen the shock when a vessel comes in contact with another vessel or a wharf.
(v. t. & i.) A screen to protect a carriage from mud thrown off the wheels: also, a splashboard.
(v. t. & i.) Anything set up to protect an exposed angle, as of a house, from damage by carriage wheels.
Example Sentences:
(1) "A very loose taped-up tremolo arm on a Fender Jazzmaster, open chording and a few effects," is as far as he will be drawn.
(2) It has been demonstrated by the computer simulation that this model also explains the mechanism of the hysteresis in the binocular depth perception reported by Fender and Julesz (1967).
(3) In 1963, 'I bought a Fender re-verb amplifier and took LSD during the same week.'
(4) Best known to British audiences would be the late Doug Sahm, whose rocking Tex-Mex blend on hits such as Mendocino and She's About a Mover won him an international following and helped shine the spotlight on local Tejano heroes Freddy Fender and Flaco Jiménez.
(5) "These children often live in the moment," says Fender.
(6) Some pre-match emails: "I have a feeling that little doggy's about to chew on some fenders, Mr. G," writes Byron Whitley from New York.
(7) It acknowledged “a handful of minor fender-benders, light damage, no injuries, so far caused by human error and inattention”.
(8) Griff Fender, best known as a vocalist for the 70s band The Darts, and dancer Laura Street have worked with Oily Cart for many years.
(9) The priority so far is not avoiding fender-benders, but teaching them to avoid causing a serious accident that could set back acceptance of the technology for years, said Raj Rajkumar, a pioneer of the technology with Carnegie Mellon University.
(10) "If we want it to sound like a Gibson we use mahogany and if we want a [Fender] Strat or Telecaster sound we use maple."
(11) "There was one particular child I really thought I wasn't getting through to at all," Fender says.
(12) I have replicated the historic Fender and Julesz stereo hysteresis study [J. opt.
(13) Brendan Joyce, the chief executive of Norfolk Wildlife Trust , does not just admire ash because its wood made his beloved Fender Stratocaster guitar.
(14) The wooden bookrest and three-piece fender of wrought iron were designed by Lawrence.
(15) There is talk of how self-driving cars could reduce accidents on the road, but us just driving less could do that too (and the way that self-driving cars can be hacked or just have their software go south should concern us; when a computer goes haywire, it really goes); and the fender benders to date of Google’s self-driving cars suggest that machines may never quite comprehend human nature.
(16) But imagine if you could see real-time traffic updates from friends and fellow travelers ahead of you, calling out 'fender bender ... totally stuck in left lane!'
(17) Heavy snow in the Philadelphia area led to a number of accidents, including a fatal crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that spawned fender-benders involving 50 cars, stranding some motorists for up to seven hours.