[
US
/ˈkɹeɪdəɫ/
]
[ UK /kɹˈeɪdəl/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈeɪdəl/ ]
NOUN
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birth of a person
he was taught from the cradle never to cry - a baby bed with sides and rockers
- 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
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where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
the birthplace of civilization
VERB
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hold or place in or as if in a cradle
He cradled the infant in his arms - cut grain with a cradle scythe
- run with the stick
- bring up from infancy
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hold gently and carefully
He cradles the child in his arms -
wash in a cradle
cradle gold
How To Use cradle In A Sentence
- These are specially designed to cradle the fish securely in a comfortable position without wiping away a great deal of their protective mucous.
- As soon as everyone stopped laughing, they noticed a few baby cradles at the other side of the room.
- Their EcoVeil shadecloth is the first Cradle to Cradle shadecloth that can be reclaimable and recyclable. GreenBuildingTalk: Furniture, Flooring, and More at NEOCON ‘08
- His name was James and he was younger than me...perhaps by a year. *cue cradle-snatching jokes* He was my friend's cousin, and I remember thinking he was gorgeous when I first met him. Archive 2010-07-01
- There are further parallels to be drawn within this illusory cat 's cradle of fiction, memoir and biography. Times, Sunday Times
- She hunched over the desk(Sentence dictionary), telephone cradled at her neck.
- Two strips of wood, about an inch square, called riffle-bars, were nailed across the bottom of the cradle-box, one at the middle and the other near the lower end. The Cave of Gold A Tale of California in '49
- At low engine speeds while the car is heading up slight grades, the Elantra engine chuffs and rocks in its cradle; and at moderate-to-highway speeds, if you kick it hard in the slats, the powertrain starts to whine with something approaching resentment. Hyundai Takes a Bold Stand in the Compact Race
- Like Los Alamos, it was cradled by mountains and hastily built in order to win a war from an odd angle.
- The weather was warm and clear; the mood happy in this, the cradle of the American Revolution, which is overwhelmingly pro-Obama. At the Polls: Lines and Lawsuits - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
