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cradle (ˈkreɪdəl
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Definitions
noun
- a baby's bed with enclosed sides, often with a hood and rockers
- a place where something originates or is nurtured during its early life ⇒
the cradle of civilization
- the earliest period of life ⇒
they knew each other from the cradle
- a frame, rest, or trolley made to support or transport a piece of equipment, aircraft, ship, etc
- a platform, cage, or trolley, in which workmen are suspended on the side of a building or ship
- the part of a telephone on which the handset rests when not in use
- a holder connected to a computer allowing data to be transferred from a PDA, digital camera, etc
- another name for creeper (sense 5)
- (agriculture)
- a framework of several wooden fingers attached to a scythe to gather the grain into bunches as it is cut
- a scythe equipped with such a cradle; cradle scythe
- a collar of wooden fingers that prevents a horse or cow from turning its head and biting itself
- Also called: rocker. a boxlike apparatus for washing rocks, sand, etc, containing gold or gem stones
- (engraving) a tool that produces the pitted surface of a copper mezzotint plate before the design is engraved upon it
- a framework used to prevent the bedclothes from touching a sensitive part of an injured person
verb
- tr to rock or place in or as if in a cradle; hold tenderly
- tr to nurture in or bring up from infancy
- tr to replace (the handset of a telephone) on the cradle
- to reap (grain) with a cradle scythe
- tr to wash (soil bearing gold, etc) in a cradle
- (lacrosse) to keep (the ball) in the net of the stick, esp while running with it
Derived Forms
ˈcradler nounWord Origin
Old English cradol; related to Old High German kratto basketSponsored Links
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