CRADLE
/หkษนeษชdษl/
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Definition
/หkษนeษชdษl/
noun
- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
- The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.“a cradle of crime”
- Infancy, or very early life.“from the cradle to the grave”
- 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.
- A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
verb
- To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To rock (a baby to sleep).
- To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.“cradling the injured manโs head in her arms”
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To nurse or train in infancy.
Source: Wiktionary
