cradle has definitions from the fields of housing,games
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[ verb ] hold gently and carefully

Examples

"He cradles the child in his arms"

Used in print

(E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)

Alex entered first and was followed by the doctor who , for all his care , manifested a perceptible bulge on his left side where the hen was cradled .

Related terms

hold

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[ noun ] (housing) a baby bed with sides and rockers

Used in print

(William Maxwell, The Chateau....)

In the room next to theirs was a huge cradle , of mahogany , ornately carved and decorated with gold_leaf .

It was the most important-looking cradle he had ever seen .

Related terms

baby_bed rocker

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[ noun ] where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

Examples

"the birthplace of civilization"

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

But barring a miracle , and do n't hold your breath for it , Chicago will not see the Leningrad-Kirov_Ballet , which stems from the ballet cradle of the Maryinsky and is one of the great companies of the world .

Related terms

beginning

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[ verb ] rock or place in or as if in a cradle

Synonyms

rock

Examples

"He cradled the infant in his arms"

Related terms

hold move_back_and_forth

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[ noun ] a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold

Synonyms

rocker

Related terms

trough

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[ verb ] (games) run with the stick, in Lacrosse

Related terms

play lacrosse

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[ verb ] cut grain with a cradle scythe

Related terms

cut

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[ verb ] bring up from infancy

Related terms

rear

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[ verb ] wash in a cradle; of gold

Related terms

wash

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[ noun ] birth of a person

Examples

"he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

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birth

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