cushion vs film

cushion

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

  • To furnish with cushions. 

  • To absorb or deaden the impact of. 

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

noun
  • 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. 

  • An engraver's pad. 

  • 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. 

film

verb
  • To cover or become covered with a thin skin or pellicle. 

  • To visually record (activity, or a motion picture) in general, with or without sound. 

  • To record (activity, or a motion picture) on photographic film. 

noun
  • A medium used to capture images in a camera. 

  • A slender thread, such as that of a cobweb. 

  • A visual art form that consists of a sequence of still images preserved on a recording medium to give the illusion of motion; movies generally. 

  • A thin layer of some substance; a pellicle; a membranous covering, causing opacity. 

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