CRADLE
\kɹˈe͡ɪdə͡l], \kɹˈeɪdəl], \k_ɹ_ˈeɪ_d_əl]\
Definitions of CRADLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
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a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
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birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
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hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
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cut grain with a cradle scythe
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wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
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hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
By Princeton University
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where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
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a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
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birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
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run with the stick, in Lacrosse
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hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
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wash in a cradle; of gold
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cut grain with a cradle scythe
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
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Infancy, or very early life.
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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.
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A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
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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.
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A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
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A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
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A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
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A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
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The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
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The 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.
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To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
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To nurse or train in infancy.
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To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
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To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
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To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
By Oddity Software
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A baby's crib or little bed, often on rockers; infancy; birthplace or origin; as, the cradle of liberty; something resembling in shape a baby's cradle.
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To rock or place in a cradle.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
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A bed or crib in which children are rocked: (fig.) infancy: a frame in which anything is imbedded: a case for a broken, limb: a frame under a ship for launching it: an implement for reaping grain by hand.
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To lay or rock in a cradle.
By Daniel Lyons
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A rocking bed for a child; scythe with fingers for cutting grain.
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To lay in a cradle; to cut with a cradle.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To put into or rock in a cradle; soothe; nurse; nurture.
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To reap or wash with a cradle, as wheat or ore.
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A rocking or swinging bed for an infant; birthplace; origin.
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A scythe with fingers that catch the grain when cut.
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A frame for sustaining a vessel.
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A box on rockers for washing ore.
By James Champlin Fernald
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A semicircle of thin wood, or strips of wood, used for preventing the contact of the bed-clothes in wounds, fractures, &c. An ordinance of the Grand Duke of Tuscany forbade mothers and nurses to sleep with a child near them, unless it was placed under a solid cradle of this kind, in order that no accident might arise from overlaying.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] [Welsh] A swinging or rocking bed for infants; the place in which any thing is nurtured or protected in its infancy; —a light framework added to a scythe, for- receiving the grain cut; —an instrument used in preparing plates for mezzotints; —a framework of timbers used to support a vessel on the stocks; —a case for a broken bone.
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A moveable bed, on which children or sick persons are agitated with a smooth motion; infancy, or the first part of life; with surgeons, a case for a broken bone; with shipwrights, a frame of timber raised along the outside of a ship.
By Thomas Sheridan