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pillowed
pil·low P0304300 (pĭl′ō)n.1. A cloth case stuffed with something soft, such as down, feathers, or foam rubber, used to cushion a part of the body, especially the head during sleep.2. A decorative cushion.3. The pad on which bobbin lace is made.v. pil·lowed, pil·low·ing, pil·lows v.tr.1. To rest (one's head) on or as if on a pillow.2. To serve as a pillow for: Grass pillowed my head.v.intr.1. To rest on or as if on a pillow.2. To assume the shape of a pillow.
[Middle English, from Old English pyle, pylu, pylw-, from West Germanic *pulwī, from Latin pulvīnus.]
pil′low·y adj.pillowed
pillowedResting or reclining on some soft, cushioned material. She lay pillowed on velvet cushions. You should see her dog—the thing sleeps at night pillowed in a lush satin mattress. I swear, it has a better life than I do.See also: pillowpillowed mod. pregnant. (Refers to the swelling in a pregnant woman’s abdomen.) She does look a bit pillowed, doesn’t she? See also: pillowpillowed
pulvinated, pillowedCushion-shaped, bulging out, as in the convex profile of the frieze in some Ionic orders.MedicalSeepillow |