cradle
noun
1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
Definition categories: man–made
2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Similar word(s): birthplace, provenance, provenience
Definition categories: location, beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
3. birth of a person
- he was taught from the cradle never to cry
Definition categories: time, birth
4. 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
Similar word(s): rocker
Definition categories: man–made, trough
Sentences with cradle as a noun:
- a cradle of crime
- the cradle of liberty
- from the cradle to the grave
- The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.
- He slammed the handset into the cradle.
verb
1. hold gently and carefully
- He cradles the child in his arms
Definition categories: contact, hold
2. bring up from infancy
Definition categories: social, nurture, parent, raise, rear
3. hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- He cradled the infant in his arms
Definition categories: motion, hold
4. cut grain with a cradle scythe
Definition categories: contact, cut
5. wash in a cradle
- cradle gold
Definition categories: contact, launder, wash
6. run with the stick
Definition categories: competition, play