'Cradle' definitions:
Definition of 'cradle'
From: WordNet
noun
A baby bed with sides and rockers
noun
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn: birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience]
noun
Birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
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 [syn: rocker, cradle]
verb
Hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
verb
Bring up from infancy
verb
Hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
verb
Cut grain with a cradle scythe
verb
Wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
verb
Run with the stick
Definition of 'Cradle'
From: GCIDE
- Cradle \Cra"dle\ (kr[=a]d'l), n. [AS. cradel, cradol, prob. from Celtic; cf. Gael. creathall, Ir. craidhal, W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to E. crate.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- The cradle that received thee at thy birth. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Infancy, or very early life. [1913 Webster]
- From their cradles bred together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
- 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 evenly in a swath. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Med.) (a) A case for a broken or dislocated limb. (b) A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mining) (a) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. [U.S.] (b) A suspended scaffold used in shafts. [1913 Webster]
- 8. (Carp.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cradle'
From: GCIDE
- Cradle \Cra"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cradling (-dl?ng).]
- 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. [1913 Webster]
- It cradles their fears to sleep. --D. A. Clark. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To nurse or train in infancy. [1913 Webster]
- He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. [1913 Webster]
- In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
- To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Cradle'
From: GCIDE
- Cradle \Cra"dle\, v. i. To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. [1913 Webster]
- Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'cradle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afford support,
- appease,
- babyhood,
- back,
- back up,
- bassinet,
- bear,
- bear up,
- bed,
- bed-davenport,
- beginnings,
- berth,
- birth,
- birthplace,
- bolster,
- bolster up,
- brace,
- breeding place,
- brooder,
- bunk,
- bunk bed,
- buoy up,
- buttress,
- calm,
- calm down,
- camp bed,
- care for,
- carry,
- cherish,
- childhood,
- clarifier,
- coddle,
- colander,
- Colonial bed,
- compose,
- cool,
- cosset,
- cot,
- crib,
- cribble,
- crutch,
- cultivate,
- cushion,
- day bed,
- door bed,
- double bed,
- double bunk,
- dry-nurse,
- dulcify,
- duplex bed,
- ease,
- even out,
- fatherland,
- feather bed,
- feed,
- filter,
- fold-away bed,
- fondle,
- forcing bed,
- foster,
- four-poster,
- freshman year,
- genesis,
- gentle,
- give support,
- hammock,
- hatchery,
- hold,
- hold up,
- Hollywood bed,
- home,
- homeground,
- homeland,
- hospital bed,
- hotbed,
- hush,
- inception,
- inchoation,
- incipience,
- incipiency,
- incubator,
- incunabula,
- infancy,
- keep afloat,
- keep up,
- king-size bed,
- la patrie,
- lavish care on,
- lend support,
- lixiviator,
- lower berth,
- lull,
- mainstay,
- maintain,
- mollify,
- mother,
- mother country,
- motherland,
- my Angel-infancy,
- nascence,
- nascency,
- native land,
- native soil,
- nativity,
- nest,
- nestle,
- nidus,
- nourish,
- nurse,
- nursery,
- nurture,
- origin,
- origination,
- pacify,
- pallet,
- pamper,
- panel bed,
- parturition,
- patria,
- percolator,
- pillow,
- pipe berth,
- poster bed,
- pour balm into,
- pregnancy,
- prop,
- purifier,
- put to bed,
- quarter berth,
- queen-size bed,
- quell,
- quiet,
- refiner,
- refinery,
- reinforce,
- rest,
- riddle,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- rocker,
- roll-away bed,
- rookery,
- screen,
- shore,
- shore up,
- shoulder,
- sieve,
- sifter,
- single bed,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- sofa-bed,
- soothe,
- spoon-feed,
- stabilize,
- stay,
- steady,
- still,
- strainer,
- subdue,
- subsidize,
- subvention,
- suckle,
- support,
- sustain,
- tester bed,
- the nursery,
- the old country,
- three-quarter bed,
- tranquilize,
- truckle bed,
- trundle bed,
- tuck in,
- underbrace,
- undergird,
- underlie,
- underpin,
- underset,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- upkeep,
- Vaterland,
- wet-nurse,
- winnow,
- winnowing basket,
- winnowing fan,
- winnowing machine,
- youth