cradle

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[ US /ˈkɹeɪdəɫ/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈe‍ɪdə‍l/ ]

NOUN

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
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
the birthplace of civilization

VERB

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
hold gently and carefully
He cradles the child in his arms
wash in a cradle
cradle gold

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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

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