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cra·dle
(krād′l)n.
1. A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
2.
a. The earliest period of life: had an interest in music almost from the cradle.
b. A place of origin; a birthplace: the cradle of civilization.
3.
a. A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
b. A framework used to protect an injured limb.
4. A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.
5. The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
6.
a. A frame projecting above the blade of a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
b. A scythe equipped with such a frame.
7. A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
tr.v. cra·dled, cra·dling, cra·dles
1.
a. To place or retain in a cradle.
b. To care for or nurture in infancy.
c. To hold or support protectively: cradled the cat in his arms.
d. Sports In hockey, to keep possession of (the puck) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the puck from sliding away.
e. Sports In lacrosse, to keep possession of (the ball) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the ball from falling to the ground or resting too low in the webbing for easy release.
2. To reap (grain) with a cradle.
3. To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.
4. To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle.
[Middle English cradel, from Old English.]
cra′dler n.
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cradle
(ˈkreɪdəl)n
1. (Furniture) a baby's bed with enclosed sides, often with a hood and rockers
2. a place where something originates or is nurtured during its early life: the cradle of civilization.
3. the earliest period of life: they knew each other from the cradle.
4. (Mechanical Engineering) a frame, rest, or trolley made to support or transport a piece of equipment, aircraft, ship, etc
5. (Mechanical Engineering) a platform, cage, or trolley, in which workmen are suspended on the side of a building or ship
6. (Telecommunications) the part of a telephone on which the handset rests when not in use
7. (Computer Science) a holder connected to a computer allowing data to be transferred from a PDA, digital camera, etc
8. (Automotive Engineering) another name for creeper5
9. (Agriculture) agriculture
a. a framework of several wooden fingers attached to a scythe to gather the grain into bunches as it is cut
b. a scythe equipped with such a cradle; cradle scythe
c. a collar of wooden fingers that prevents a horse or cow from turning its head and biting itself
10. (Mining & Quarrying) Also called: rocker a boxlike apparatus for washing rocks, sand, etc, containing gold or gem stones
11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) engraving a tool that produces the pitted surface of a copper mezzotint plate before the design is engraved upon it
12. (Medicine) a framework used to prevent the bedclothes from touching a sensitive part of an injured person
13. from the cradle to the grave throughout life
vb
14. (tr) to rock or place in or as if in a cradle; hold tenderly
15. (tr) to nurture in or bring up from infancy
16. (Telecommunications) (tr) to replace (the handset of a telephone) on the cradle
17. (Agriculture) to reap (grain) with a cradle scythe
18. (Mining & Quarrying) (tr) to wash (soil bearing gold, etc) in a cradle
19. (Lacrosse) lacrosse to keep (the ball) in the net of the stick, esp while running with it
[Old English cradol; related to Old High German kratto basket]
ˈcradler n
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cra•dle
(ˈkreɪd l)n., v. -dled, -dling. n.
1. a small bed for an infant, usu. on rockers.
2. any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for receiver of a telephone.
3. the place where something is nurtured in its early years: Boston is the cradle of the American Revolution.
4.
a. a toothed frame attached to a scythe for laying grain in bunches as it is cut.
b. a scythe together with this frame.
5. a wire or wicker basket used at table to hold a wine bottle in a slightly upturned position.
6. the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides.
7. a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient.
v.t. 8. to hold gently or protectively.
9. to place or rock in or as if in an infant's cradle.
10. to nurture during infancy.
11. to cut (grain) with a cradle.
v.i. 12. to lie in or as if in a cradle.
13. to cut grain with a cradle scythe.
Idioms: rob the cradle, to become romantically involved with a person much younger than oneself.
[before 1000; Middle English cradel, Old English cradol; akin to Old High German cratto basket]
cra′dler, n.
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cradle
Past participle: cradled
Gerund: cradling
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Cradle
A term sometimes used instead of Cradle scythe. The term also was used when referring only to the wooden frame attached to a scythe to convert it into a Cradle scythe.
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| Noun | 1. |  cradle - a baby bed with sides and rockers baby bed, baby's bed - a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling rocker - a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
| 2. | cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" | |
| 3. | cradle - birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" birth - the time when something begins (especially life); "they divorced after the birth of the child"; "his election signaled the birth of a new age" | |
| 4. | cradle - 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 trough - a long narrow shallow receptacle | |
| Verb | 1. | cradle - hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms" |
| 2. | cradle - bring up from infancy | |
| 3. | cradle - hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms" | |
| 4. | cradle - cut grain with a cradle scythe cut - separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope" | |
| 5. | cradle - wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" | |
| 6. | cradle - run with the stick lacrosse - a game invented by American Indians; now played by two teams who use long-handled rackets to catch and carry and throw the ball toward the opponents' goal play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches" |
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cradle
noun
1. crib, cot, Moses basket, bassinet The baby sleeps in the cradle upstairs.
2. birthplace, beginning, source, spring, origin, fount, fountainhead, wellspring New York is the cradle of capitalism.
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Translations
حَمّالة السَّفينه، محْملسَرير طِفْلمَهْديَهُزُّ ، يُهَدهِدُ
bressol
kolébkakolébková podpěrachovat
vuggeunderstøtning
lulilo
kehtolastalavettiliekuttaapelastustuoli
zipka
bölcsőbölcsõben ringatlengõállvány
vaggabakkastokkarhalda barni á örmum sér
揺りかご
요람
lopšyspastovasstapelissuptišvelniai laikyti
aijāteliņšgrozāmas sastatnesšūpotšūpulis
zibelka
vagga
เปลเด็ก
beşikgemi kızağıözenle tutmak
nôi
cradle
[ˈkreɪdl]A. N
B. VT [+ child] → mecer, acunar; [+ object] → abrazar
to cradle a child in one's arms → mecer un niño en los brazos
to cradle a child in one's arms → mecer un niño en los brazos
C. CPD cradle snatcher N she's a cradle snatcher → siempre va detrás de los jovencitos
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cradle
[ˈkreɪdəl]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cradle
n (= cot, fig: = birthplace) → Wiege f; (= support, of phone) → Gabel f; (for invalids) → Schutzgestell nt (zum Abhalten des Bettzeugs von Verletzungen); (for ship) → (Ablauf)schlitten m; (Build, for window-cleaners) → Hängegerüst nt; (in sea rescues) → Hosenboje f; (for mechanic under car) → Schlitten m; from the cradle to the grave → von der Wiege bis zur Bahre; right from the cradle → von klein auf, von Kindesbeinen an
vt
(= hold closely) → an sich (acc) → drücken; he was cradling his injured arm → er hielt sich (dat) → seinen verletzten Arm; to cradle somebody/something in one’s arms/lap → jdn/etw fest in den Armen/auf dem Schoß halten; the baby lay cradled in her lap → das Baby lag (geborgen) in ihrem Schoß; he cradled the telephone under his chin → er klemmte sich (dat) → den Hörer unters Kinn; the way he cradles the guitar → wie er die Gitarre zärtlich hält
receiver → auflegen
cradle
:cradle cap
n → Milchschorf m
cradle snatcher
cradle-snatching
cradlesong
n → Wiegenlied nt
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cradle
[ˈkreɪdl]Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
cradle
(ˈkreidl) noun1. a child's bed especially one in which it can be rocked.
2. a frame of similar shape, eg one under a ship that is being built or repaired.
verb to hold or rock as if in a cradle. She cradled the child in her arms.
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cradle
→ مَهْد kolébka vugge Wiege κούνια μωρού cuna kehto berceau zipka culla 揺りかご 요람 wieg vugge kołyska berço, berço de balançar колыбель vagga เปลเด็ก beşik nôi 摇篮Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
cra·dle
n. cuna;
___ cap → costra láctea.
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cradle
n cunaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.