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Meaning of 'cradle'
Meaning of 'cradle' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Cradle 
[ n.]
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging
on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured
or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime;
the cradle of liberty. [ n.]- Infancy, or very early life.
- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
- A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
- A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
- A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
- The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
- The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
2. Cradle [ v. i.]
- To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. [ v. i.]3. Cradle [ v. t.]
- To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or
quiet, as by rocking. [ v. t.]- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
Meaning of 'cradle' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. cradle [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- birth of a person
- birth of a person
Example in sentence:
- he was taught from the cradle never to cry
Meaning (2):
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Example in sentence:
- the birthplace of civilization
2. cradle [ v]
[ v]Meaning (3):
- wash in a cradle
- wash in a cradle
Example in sentence:
- cradle gold
Meaning (4):
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- hold or place in or as if in a cradle
Example in sentence:
- He cradled the infant in his arms
Meaning (5):
- hold gently and carefully
- hold gently and carefully
Example in sentence:
- He cradles the child in his arms
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