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noun
1.
a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers.
2.
any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for the handset of a telephone.
3.
the place where anything is nurtured during its early existence: Boston was the cradle of the american revolution.
4.
Agriculture.
a.
a frame of wood with a row of long curved teeth projecting above and parallel to a scythe, for laying grain in bunches as it is cut.
b.
a scythe together with the cradle in which it is set.
5.
EXPANDa wire or wicker basket used to hold a wine bottle in a more or less horizontal position while the wine is being served.
6.
Artillery. the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides.
7.
a landing platform for ferryboats, rolling on inclined tracks to facilitate loading and unloading at different water levels.
8.
Aeronautics. a docklike structure in which a rigid or semirigid airship is built or is supported during inflation.
9.
Automotive. creeper (def. 5).
10.
11.
Shipbuilding.
a.
a moving framework on which a hull slides down the ways when launched.
b.
a built-up form on which plates of irregular form are shaped.
12.
Medicine/Medical. a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient.
13.
Mining. a box on rockers for washing sand or gravel to separate gold or other heavy metal.
14.
an engraver's tool for laying mezzotint grounds.
15.
COLLAPSEPainting. a structure of wooden strips attached to the back of a panel, used as a support and to prevent warping.
verb (used with object)
16.
to hold gently or protectively.
17.
to place or rock in or as in an infant's cradle.
18.
to nurture during infancy.
19.
to receive or hold as a cradle.
20.
EXPANDto cut (grain) with a cradle.
21.
to place (a vessel) on a cradle.
22.
Mining. to wash (sand or gravel) in a cradle; rock.
23.
COLLAPSEPainting. to support (a panel) with a cradle.
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Cradles
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26.
rob the cradle, Informal. to marry, court, or date a person much younger than oneself.
Origin:
before 1000; Middle English cradel, Old English cradol; akin to Old High German cratto basket
before 1000; Middle English cradel, Old English cradol; akin to Old High German cratto basket
Related forms
cra·dler, noun
un·cra·dled, adjective
Synonyms
3. birthplace, fountain, font, wellspring.
3. birthplace, fountain, font, wellspring.
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Word Origin & History
cradle
O.E. cradol "little bed," from P.Gmc. *kradulas "basket." Cat's cradle is from 1768. Cradle-snatching "amorous pursuit of younger person" is 1925, U.S. slang.
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Medical Dictionary
cradle cra·dle (krād'l)
n.
A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
A frame used to keep the bedclothes from pressing on an injured part.
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