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Cradle

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Noun

1. cradle

a baby bed with sides and rockers

2. birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience

where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

Example Sentences:
'the birthplace of civilization'

3. cradle

birth of a person

Example Sentences:
'he was taught from the cradle never to cry'

4. cradle, rocker

a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

Verb

5. cradle

hold gently and carefully

Example Sentences:
'He cradles the child in his arms'

6. cradle

bring up from infancy

7. cradle

hold or place in or as if in a cradle

Example Sentences:
'He cradled the infant in his arms'

8. cradle

cut grain with a cradle scythe

9. cradle

wash in a cradle

Example Sentences:
'cradle gold'

10. cradle

run with the stick

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Cradle

see synonyms of cradle
noun
1. 
a baby's bed with enclosed sides, often with a hood and rockers
2. 
a place where something originates or is nurtured during its early life
the cradle of civilization
3. 
the earliest period of life
they knew each other from the cradle
4. 
a frame, rest, or trolley made to support or transport a piece of equipment, aircraft, ship, etc
5. 
a platform, cage, or trolley, in which workmen are suspended on the side of a building or ship
6. 
the part of a telephone on which the handset rests when not in use
7. 
a holder connected to a computer allowing data to be transferred from a PDA, digital camera, etc
8.  another name for creeper (sense 5)
9. agriculture
a. 
a framework of several wooden fingers attached to a scythe to gather the grain into bunches as it is cut
b. 
a scythe equipped with such a cradle; cradle scythe
c. 
a collar of wooden fingers that prevents a horse or cow from turning its head and biting itself
10. Also called: rocker
a boxlike apparatus for washing rocks, sand, etc, containing gold or gem stones
11. engraving
a tool that produces the pitted surface of a copper mezzotint plate before the design is engraved upon it
12. 
a framework used to prevent the bedclothes from touching a sensitive part of an injured person
13.  from the cradle to the grave
verb
14. (transitive)
to rock or place in or as if in a cradle; hold tenderly
15. (transitive)
to nurture in or bring up from infancy
16. (transitive)
to replace (the handset of a telephone) on the cradle
17. 
to reap (grain) with a cradle scythe
18. (transitive)
to wash (soil bearing gold, etc) in a cradle
19. lacrosse
to keep (the ball) in the net of the stick, esp while running with it

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Cradle

see synonyms of cradle
noun
1. 
a baby's small bed, usually on rockers
2. 
the earliest period of one's life; infancy
3. 
the place of a thing's beginning or early development
the cradle of civilization
4.  OLD-FASHIONED, Poetic
a place of rest
rocked in the cradle of the deep
5. 
anything resembling a cradle or used somewhat like a cradle, as for holding or rocking
; specif.,
a. 
wooden or metal framework to support or lift a boat, ship, aircraft, etc. that is being built or repaired
b.  US
creeper (sense 7)
c. 
the support on which the handset of a telephone (cradle telephone) rests when not in use
d.  Agriculture
a frame fastened to a scythe (cradle scythe) so that the grain can be laid evenly as it is cut
e.  Medicine
a frame for keeping bedclothes from touching an injured limb, etc.
f.  US, Mining
a boxlike device on rockers, for washing the gold out of gold-bearing sand
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈcradled or ˈcradling
6. 
to place, rock, or hold in or as in a cradle
7. 
to take care of in infancy; nurture
8. 
to cut (grain) with a cradle scythe
9.  US, Mining
to wash (gold-bearing sand) in a cradle
verb intransitive
10.  Obsolete
to lie in or as in a cradle

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Cradle

see synonyms of cradle
n.
1. A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
2.
a. The earliest period of life: had an interest in music almost from the cradle.
b. A place of origin; a birthplace: the cradle of civilization.
3.
a. A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
b. A framework used to protect an injured limb.
4. A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.
5. The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
6.
a. A frame projecting above the blade of a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
b. A scythe equipped with such a frame.
7. A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
tr.v. cra·dled, cra·dling, cra·dles
1.
a. To place or retain in a cradle.
b. To care for or nurture in infancy.
c. To hold or support protectively: cradled the cat in his arms.
d. Sports In hockey, to keep possession of (the puck) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the puck from sliding away.
e. Sports In lacrosse, to keep possession of (the ball) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the ball from falling to the ground or resting too low in the webbing for easy release.
2. To reap (grain) with a cradle.
3. To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.
4. To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle.

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