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| Dictionary |
| Cradle |
| n. A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers. The earliest period of life: had an interest in music almost from the cradle. A place of origin; a birthplace: the cradle of civilization. A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair. A framework used to protect an injured limb. A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper. The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported. A frame projecting above a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat. A scythe equipped with such a frame. A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt. v. cra·dled, cra·dling, cra·dles v. tr. 1. To place or retain in or as if in a cradle. 2. To care for or nurture in infancy. 3. To hold or support protectively: cradled the cat in his arms. 4. To reap (grain) with a cradle. 5. To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle. 6. To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle. 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. 2. To nurse or train in infancy. 3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain. 4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. |
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