"pin cushion" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "pin cushions",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "pincushion"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1967, Mildred Allen Butler, Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, →OCLC; republished [s.l.]: Ad Stellae Books, 2013, page 127",
          "text": "[...] and, finally, came a platoon of footmen, bearing a large green coffer full of mirrors, sponges, clothes brushes with red velvet handles, pin cushions of crimson satin, combs, nightcaps—everything that could be thought of for her comfort.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, S. V. Bodle, “Hiding Place”, in Planet Treasure Guardians: Hunt for the Emberteller, [Bloomington, Ind.]: Xlibris, page 75",
          "text": "Unaware of what she was doing, Skyla gripped Ladek's arm. For someone who bit her nails, they were remarkably sharp, and within seconds he felt like a pin cushion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of pincushion"
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          "pincushion#English"
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  "word": "pin cushion"
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    {
      "form": "pin cushions",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioned",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioned",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "ref": "2009, Frederick Menick, “The Nasal Defect – Understanding the Challenge”; “Restoring Contour – Recreating a Subsurface Architecture”, in Nasal Reconstruction: Art and Practice, [Edinburgh]: Mosby Elsevier, pages 42 and 282",
          "text": "[page 42] Flaps, however, ‘pin cushion’ and develop a convex form as they contract. For this reason, flaps are best used to resurface convex surfaces. A skin graft is best for planar or concave recipient sites. [...] [page 282] As the flap contracts, it pin cushions. This trapdoor effect can contribute to a convex shape.",
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  "word": "pin cushion"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pin cushions",
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        {
          "ref": "1967, Mildred Allen Butler, Twice Queen of France: Anne of Brittany, New York, N.Y.: Funk & Wagnalls, →OCLC; republished [s.l.]: Ad Stellae Books, 2013, page 127",
          "text": "[...] and, finally, came a platoon of footmen, bearing a large green coffer full of mirrors, sponges, clothes brushes with red velvet handles, pin cushions of crimson satin, combs, nightcaps—everything that could be thought of for her comfort.",
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        },
        {
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          "text": "Unaware of what she was doing, Skyla gripped Ladek's arm. For someone who bit her nails, they were remarkably sharp, and within seconds he felt like a pin cushion.",
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        }
      ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "pin cushions",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioning",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioned",
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    },
    {
      "form": "pin cushioned",
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          "ref": "2009, Frederick Menick, “The Nasal Defect – Understanding the Challenge”; “Restoring Contour – Recreating a Subsurface Architecture”, in Nasal Reconstruction: Art and Practice, [Edinburgh]: Mosby Elsevier, pages 42 and 282",
          "text": "[page 42] Flaps, however, ‘pin cushion’ and develop a convex form as they contract. For this reason, flaps are best used to resurface convex surfaces. A skin graft is best for planar or concave recipient sites. [...] [page 282] As the flap contracts, it pin cushions. This trapdoor effect can contribute to a convex shape.",
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        }
      ],
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  "word": "pin cushion"
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