OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 3494

cushion

/ˈkʊʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
amortiguar
To furnish with cushions.
to cushion a sofa
amortiguar • proteger • suavizar
To absorb or deaden the impact of.
[…]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[…
to cushion a blow