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Quick definitions from WordNet (cradle)
▸ noun: a baby bed with sides and rockers
▸ noun: birth of a person ("He was taught from the cradle never to cry")
▸ noun: a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
▸ noun: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
▸ verb: bring up from infancy
▸ verb: run with the stick
▸ verb: hold gently and carefully ("He cradles the child in his arms")
▸ verb: wash in a cradle ("Cradle gold")
▸ verb: cut grain with a cradle scythe
▸ verb: hold or place in or as if in a cradle ("He cradled the infant in his arms")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #36042)
▸ Also see cradling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to cradle
▸ Usage examples for cradle
▸ Idioms related to cradle (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing cradle
▸ Words that often appear near cradle
▸ Rhymes of cradle
▸ Invented words related to cradle
▸ noun: a baby bed with sides and rockers
▸ noun: birth of a person ("He was taught from the cradle never to cry")
▸ noun: a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
▸ noun: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
▸ verb: bring up from infancy
▸ verb: run with the stick
▸ verb: hold gently and carefully ("He cradles the child in his arms")
▸ verb: wash in a cradle ("Cradle gold")
▸ verb: cut grain with a cradle scythe
▸ verb: hold or place in or as if in a cradle ("He cradled the infant in his arms")
▸ name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #36042)
▸ Also see cradling
▸ Word origin
▸ Words similar to cradle
▸ Usage examples for cradle
▸ Idioms related to cradle (New!)
▸ Popular adjectives describing cradle
▸ Words that often appear near cradle
▸ Rhymes of cradle
▸ Invented words related to cradle