cradle
Nouns
- (n) a baby bed with sides and rockers
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(n) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- the birthplace of civilization
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(n) birth of a person
- he was taught from the cradle never to cry
- (n) 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 rocker,
Verbs
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(v) hold gently and carefully
- He cradles the child in his arms
- (v) bring up from infancy
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(v) hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- He cradled the infant in his arms
- (v) cut grain with a cradle scythe
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(v) wash in a cradle
- cradle gold
- (v) run with the stick