Definitions of Cradle [ˈkreɪd l]

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Definition of 'Cradle'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) cradle
a small bed for an infant, usu. on rockers.

2.  cradle
any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for receiver of a telephone.

3.  cradle
the place where something is nurtured in its early years:
Boston is the cradle of the American Revolution.

4.  cradle
a toothed frame attached to a scythe for laying grain in bunches as it is cut.

5.  cradle
a scythe together with this frame.

6.  cradle
a wire or wicker basket used at table to hold a wine bottle in a slightly upturned position.

7.  cradle
the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides.

8.  cradle
a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient.

9. (v.t.) cradle
to hold gently or protectively.

10.  cradle
to place or rock in or as if in an infant's cradle.

11.  cradle
to nurture during infancy.

12.  cradle
to cut (grain) with a cradle.

13. (v.i.) cradle
to lie in or as if in a cradle.

14.  cradle
to cut grain with a cradle scythe.

Definition of 'Cradle'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) cradle
a baby bed with sides and rockers

2. (noun) birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
"the birthplace of civilization"

3. (noun) cradle
birth of a person
"he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

4. (verb) rocker, 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

5. (verb) cradle
hold gently and carefully
"He cradles the child in his arms"

6. (verb) cradle
bring up from infancy

7. (verb) cradle
hold or place in or as if in a cradle
"He cradled the infant in his arms"

8. (verb) cradle
cut grain with a cradle scythe

9. (verb) cradle
wash in a cradle
"cradle gold"

10. (verb) cradle
run with the stick

Definition of 'Cradle'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Cradle
a bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty

2. (noun) Cradle
infancy, or very early life

3. (noun) Cradle
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

4. (noun) Cradle
a tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground

5. (noun) Cradle
a framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship

6. (noun) Cradle
a case for a broken or dislocated limb

7. (noun) Cradle
a frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person

8. (noun) Cradle
a machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker

9. (noun) Cradle
a suspended scaffold used in shafts

10. (noun) Cradle
the ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster

11. (noun) Cradle
the basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck

12. (verb) Cradle
to lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking

13. (verb) Cradle
to nurse or train in infancy

14. (verb) Cradle
to cut and lay with a cradle, as grain

15. (verb) Cradle
to transport a vessel by means of a cradle

16. (verb) Cradle
to lie or lodge, as in a cradle

Translation of 'Cradle'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a child's bed especially one in which it can be rocked.
Afrikaans: wieg	Arabic: سَرير طِفْل	Bulgarian: люлка
Brazilian: berço	Czech: kolébka	German: die Wiege
Danish: vugge	Greek: κούνια μωρού	Spanish: cuna
Estonian: häll	Farsi: گهواره	Finnish: kehto
French: berceau	Hebrew: עֲרִיסָה	Hindi: पालना
Croatian: zipka, kolijevka	Hungarian: bölcső	Indonesian: buaian
Icelandic: vagga	Italian: culla	Japanese: 揺りかご
Korean: 요람	Lithuanian: lopšys	Latvian: šūpulis
Malay: buaian	Dutch: wieg	Norwegian: vogge
Polish: kołyska	Persian: گهواره	Pashto: زانګو
Portuguese: berço	Romanian: leagăn	Russian: колыбель
Slovak: kolíska	Slovenian: zibelka	Serbian: kolevka
Swedish: vagga	Thai: เปลเด็ก	Turkish: beşik
Taiwanese: 搖籃	Ukrainian: колиска; люлька	Urdu: جهولا، پالنا
Vietnamese: cái nôi	Chinese: 摇篮
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