Cradle in English dictionary

  • cradle

    Meanings and definitions of "Cradle"

    • A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
    • (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
    • (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
    • 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.
    • A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
    • 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.
    • A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
    • A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
    • A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
    • A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
    • A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
    • (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.
    • A rest for the receiver of a telephone.
    • (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
    • (transitive) To rock ( a baby to sleep ).
    • (transitive) To wrap protectively.
    • (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
    • noun
      A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
    • noun
      (figuratively)
      Infancy, or very early life.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
    • noun
      A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
    • noun
      (mining)
      A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
    • noun
      (carpentry)
      A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
    • 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.
    • noun
      A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
    • noun
      (contact juggling)
      A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To contain in or as if in a cradle.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To rock ( a baby to sleep).
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To wrap protectively.
    • verb
      To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
    • verb
      To nurse or train in infancy.
    • verb
      (lacrosse)
      To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
    • verb
      To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
    • verb
      To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
    • verb
      To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
    • A hardware device used to connect a portable device to a desktop computer. When the device is in the cradle, data can be synchronized between the device and the computer.
    • Place of origin and development.
    • oscillating bed for a baby
    • figuratively: place of origin
    • figuratively: infancy, or very early life
    • framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
    • case for a broken or dislocated limb
    • rest for the receiver of a telephone
    • to rock (a baby to sleep)
    • to wrap protectively
    • cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.)
    • noun
      a baby bed with sides and rockers
    • 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
    • noun
      birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
    • noun
      where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
    • verb
      bring up from infancy
    • verb
      cut grain with a cradle scythe
    • verb
      hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
    • verb
      hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
    • verb
      run with the stick
    • verb
      wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"

    Synonyms of "Cradle" in English dictionary

    beginning, hold, raise are the top synonyms of "Cradle" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Cradle

    • cradle ( plural  cradles)
    • lm  liczba mnoga cradles
    • cradle ( third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)
    • cradle (plural cradles)
    • cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)
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