cushion vs style

cushion

noun
  • An engraver's pad. 

  • a sufficient quantity of an intangible object (like points or minutes) to allow for some of those points, for example, to be lost without hurting one's chances for successfully completing an objective. 

  • A soft mass of material stuffed into a cloth bag, used for comfort or support; for sitting on, kneeling on, resting one's head on etc. 

  • A pad on which gilders cut gold leaf. 

  • The lip around a table in cue sports which absorbs some of the impact of the billiard balls and bounces them back. 

  • A mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston. 

  • Money kept in reserve. 

  • The pillow used in making bone lace. 

  • A pad supporting a woman's hair. 

  • The rubber of an electrical machine. 

  • The dancer in the cushion dance who currently holds the cushion, or the dance itself. 

verb
  • To furnish with cushions. 

  • To absorb or deaden the impact of. 

  • To seat or place on, or as on a cushion. 

  • To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. 

style

noun
  • A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. 

  • The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. 

  • A particular manner of creating, doing, or presenting something, especially a work of architecture or art. 

  • A legal or traditional term or formula of words used to address or refer to a person, especially a monarch or a person holding a post or having a title. 

  • The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower. 

  • A particular manner of acting or behaving; (specifically) one regarded as fashionable or skilful; flair, grace. 

  • A particular way in which one grooms, adorns, dresses, or carries oneself; (specifically) a way thought to be attractive or fashionable. 

  • A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as boldface or italics. 

  • A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; (by extension, obsolete) an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. 

  • A kind of surgical instrument with a blunt point, used for exploration. 

  • A small, thin, pointed body part. 

  • A long, slender, bristle-like process near the anal region. 

  • A particular manner of expression in writing or speech, especially one regarded as good. 

  • A set of rules regarding the presentation of text (spelling, typography, the citation of references, etc.) and illustrations that is applied by a publisher to the works it produces. 

verb
  • To create for, or give to, someone a style, fashion, or image, particularly one which is regarded as attractive, tasteful, or trendy. 

  • To act in a way which seeks to show that one possesses style. 

  • To call or give a name or title to. 

  • To design, fashion, make, or arrange in a certain way or form (style) 

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