Meaning

8 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A soft cushion used to support the head in bed.

    Kopfkissen, Kissen, Ruhekissen

    поду́шкаpodúška

    поду́шкаpodúška

    a cushion to support the head of a sleeping person

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any similar head support used for sleep, such as a neck pillow or a hard porcelain pillow.

    She slept with her head on the pillow.

  3. (countable, uncountable)A pillow lava.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A piece of metal or wood, forming a support to equalize pressure; a brass; a pillow block.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A block under the inner end of a bowsprit.

  6. (countable, uncountable)The socket of a pivot.

  7. (uncountable)A kind of plain, coarse fustian.

  8. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)A woman's breast, especially when large and seemingly soft.

Examples

342 sentences
  1. She suffocated him with a pillow.

    Вона задушила його подушкою.

    ruОна задушила его подушкой.

    deSie hat ihn mit einem Kissen erstickt.

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  2. Tom's dog slobbered on his pillow.

    Собака Тома розпускав слину на його подушці.

    deToms Hund sabberte auf sein Kissen.

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  3. He laid his head on the pillow.

    Він поклав голову на подушку.

    ruОн положил голову на подушку.

    deEr legte den Kopf auf das Kissen.

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  4. Could I have a pillow and blanket?

    Можна мені подушку і ковдру?

    ruМожно мне подушку и одеяло?

    deGeben Sie mir bitte ein Kissen und eine Decke.

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  5. Tom hid the book under his pillow.

    Том заховав книжку під подушкою.

    ruТом спрятал книгу себе под подушку.

    deTom versteckte das Buch unter seinem Kissen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
soft cushion used to support the head in bed:
Русский
By meaning 1
soft cushion used to support the head in bed:
Deutsch
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soft cushion used to support the head in bed:

Origin

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germani

From Middle English pilwe, from Old English pyle, pylu (“pillow”), from Proto-West Germanic *pulwī (“pillow”), from Latin pulvīnus (“cushion”), derived from pulvis (“dust”), for the filler of a pillow. Doublet of pulvinus.

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