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Definition of Cradle
1. Noun. A baby bed with sides and rockers.
2. Verb. Hold gently and carefully. "He cradles the child in his arms"
3. Noun. Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence. "The birthplace of civilization"
Generic synonyms: Beginning, Origin, Root, Rootage, Source
4. Verb. Bring up from infancy.
5. Noun. Birth of a person. "He was taught from the cradle never to cry"
6. Verb. Hold or place in or as if in a cradle. "He cradled the infant in his arms"
7. Noun. 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.
8. Verb. Cut grain with a cradle scythe.
9. Verb. Wash in a cradle. "Cradle gold"
10. Verb. Run with the stick.
Definition of Cradle
1. 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.
2. v. t. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
3. v. i. To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Definition of Cradle
1. Noun. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. ¹
2. Noun. (context: figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. ¹
3. Noun. (context: figuratively) Infancy, or very early life. ¹
4. Noun. 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. ¹
5. Noun. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. ¹
6. Noun. 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. ¹
7. Noun. A case for a broken or dislocated limb. ¹
8. Noun. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person. ¹
9. Noun. A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth. ¹
10. Noun. A suspended scaffold used in shafts. ¹
11. Noun. A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. ¹
12. Noun. (nautical) A 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. ¹
13. Noun. A rest for the receiver of a telephone. ¹
14. Verb. (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle. ¹
15. Verb. (transitive) To rock (''a baby to sleep''). ¹
16. Verb. (transitive) To wrap protectively. ¹
17. Verb. (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cradle
1. to nurture during infancy [v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES]
Medical Definition of Cradle
1. A frame used to keep bedclothes from coming in contact with an injured patient. Origin: M.E. Cradel (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cradle
Literary usage of Cradle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1898)
"ROCKED IN THE cradle OF THE DEEP L" ROCKED in the cradle of the deep I lay me
down in peace to sleep; Secure I rest upon the wave, For thou, ..."
2. Preliminary Report on a Visit to the Navaho National Monument, Arizona by Jesse Walter Fewkes (1911)
"CLIFF-DWELLERS cradle One of the most instructive specimens collected in the
Navaho National Monument was found by Mr. WB Douglass in a ruin designated as ..."
3. A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present by Arthur Stedman, Edmund Clarence Stedman (1894)
"ROCKED IN THE cradle OP THE DEEP. [.4 collection of her Poems, ... ~D OCKED in
the cradle of the deep -"-"I lay me down in peace to sleep ; Secure I rest ..."
4. Archeological Explorations in Northeastern Arizona by Alfred Vincent Kidder, Samuel James Guernsey (1919)
"The bottom is turned up and attached as in the cradle described above. ...
We judge that this little object was a toy cradle. The bones of a child, ..."
5. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1853)
"I 'd bend me o'er a cradle-bed, And gaze upon an infant's face. ... ennobling spell,
lier nicer subtleties be sought, I still would bend o'er cradle-bed, ..."
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