To cradle is to hold delicately and gently, like how you would hold an infant. A cradle is the tiny bed with rockers that the infant sleeps in.
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinginng on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence;
Noun
a baby bed with sides and rockers
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; "the birthplace of civilization"
Noun
birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
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"
Verb
bring up from infancy
n.
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.
n.
Infancy, or very early life.
n.
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.
n.
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking
motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the
ground.
n.
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.
n.
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
n.
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the
person.
n.
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth;
-- also called a rocker.
n.
A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
n.
The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be
covered with plaster.
n.
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.
v. t.
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or
quiet, as by rocking.
v. t.
To nurse or train in infancy.
v. t.
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
v. t.
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
v. i.
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Cradle
The cradle that received thee at thy birth.
No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old.2.
From their cradles bred together.
A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon. 3.(Agric.) 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 eventlyin a swath. 4.(Engraving) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. 5.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. 6.(Med.) (a) A case for a broken or dislocated limb. (b) A frame to keep the bedclothes from conntact with the person. 7.(Mining) (a) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a [U.S.]rocker .(b) A suspended scaffold used in shafts. 8.(Carp.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight. 9.(Naut.) 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. Cat's cradle. See under --Cat .Cradle hole, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. --Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain. Cradle
Cra"dle , v. t.[imp. & p. p. 1.Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n.Cradling (-dl?ng).]To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. It cradles their fears to sleep.2.To nurse or train in infancy. He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.3.To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. 4.To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade.To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping. Cradle
Cra"dle , v. i.To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled.A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinginng 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; thecradle of liberty.To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Usage Examples
After about the first Millennium, Italy was the cradle of Romanesque architecture, which spread throughout Europe, much of it extending the structural daring with minimal visual elaboration.
To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive.
Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.
Sickness, insanity and death were the angels that surrounded my cradle and they have followed me throughout my life.
Every therapeutic cure, and still more, any awkward attempt to show the patient the truth, tears him from the cradle of his freedom from responsibility and must therefore reckon with the most vehement resistance.
Julia progresses from cradle to grave, showing how government makes every good thing in her life possible. The weak economy, high unemployment, falling wages, rising gas prices, the national debt, the insolvency of entitlements - all these are fictionally assumed away in a cartoon that is produced by a president who wants us to forget about them.
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Other Usage ExamplesNow, let me be clear. The path I lay out is not one paved with ever increasing government checks and cradle to grave assurance that government will always be the solution. If this election is a bidding war for who can promise the most goodies and the most benefits, I'm not your president. You have that president today.
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
Imagine a part of the U.S.A., from which the U.S.A. started - where is the cradle of your history? This is Kosovo for Serbia.
Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress.
I always figure from the cradle to the grave, we all have our individual journeys, and maybe my journey was a positive one and I accomplished certain things without stepping on too many toes.
Calmness is the cradle of power.
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