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cradle en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • krāʹdəl
  • /ˈkɹeɪdəl/

Etymology

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart.

Meanings

  1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
    • the cradle that received thee at thy birth 1782, William Cowper, Expostulation:
    • No sooner was I crept out of my cradle / But I was made a king, at nine months old. 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene ix]:
    • Hush-a-by, baby, upon the tree-top; / When the wind blows the cradle will rock; / When the bough breaks the cradle will fall; / Down will come cradle and baby and all. 1805, Songs for the Nursery, page 5:
  2. (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
    • the cradle of liberty
    • a cradle of crime
  3. (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
    • from the cradle to the grave
    • from their cradles bred together c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
    • a form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradle 1702–1704, Edward [Hyde, 1st] Earl of Clarendon, (please specify |book=I to XVI), in The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Begun in the Year 1641. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed at the [Sheldonian] Theater:
  4. 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.
  5. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so as to prepare the ground.
  6. 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.
  7. A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
  8. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
  9. A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
    • Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle. 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 146:
  10. A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
  11. A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
    • A strong iron bar is fixed at the top of each cradle, to which the suspending chains are attached; the latter pass over the sheaves, and the cradles are kept in a horizontal position, by means of an adjusting rod placed above them 1853, Samuel Charles Brees, The Illustrated Glossary of Practical Architecture and Civil Engineering:
  12. A 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.
    • The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.
  13. A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
    • He slammed the handset into the cradle.
  14. (qualifier:contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
  15. A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.

Forms

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Deriveds

cradle crust (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle cap (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlehood (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle of civilization (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · Newton's cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlemate (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlemaker (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle snatch (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleful (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · encradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle song (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle hole (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle snatcher (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleless (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleman (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle-snatch (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle robber (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle leg (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle-robber (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle-to-cradle design (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · Judas cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradler (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleside (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · uncradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · the hand that rocks the cradle rules the world (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlesome (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlelike (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlemaking (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · the cradle to the grave (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cat's cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleboard (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · rob the cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle-to-grave (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradle walk (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · babe-in-a-cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradlesong (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · cradleland (Terms derived from cradle (noun)) · sea cradle (Terms derived from cradle (noun))

Relateds

crib

Synonyms

rocker (machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth) · rest (rest for receiver of a telephone)

Translations (242)

hy օրոցք (oscillating bed for a baby) · udi лоьли (oscillating bed for a baby) · yue 搖籃 /摇篮 (oscillating bed for a baby) · nan-hbl 窩籃 /窝篮 (oscillating bed for a baby) · uk коли́ска (oscillating bed for a baby) · it cuna (figuratively: place of origin) · be лю́лька (oscillating bed for a baby) · scn naca (figuratively: place of origin) · ps زنګويه (oscillating bed for a baby) · fr berceau (figuratively: place of origin) · fi pelastustuoli (basket or apparatus in which people are brought off from a wreck) · tyv кавай (oscillating bed for a baby) · ru колыбе́ль (oscillating bed for a baby) · et kätki (oscillating bed for a baby) · kdr бэшик (oscillating bed for a baby) · mn өлгий (oscillating bed for a baby) · tr kızak (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · scn naca (oscillating bed for a baby) · hy օրորոց (oscillating bed for a baby) · th เปล (oscillating bed for a baby) · tg маҳд (oscillating bed for a baby) · mi pouraka (oscillating bed for a baby) · ky бешик (oscillating bed for a baby) · km អង្រឹង (oscillating bed for a baby) · sh kòlēvka (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · pl kolebka (figuratively: place of origin) · bg ви́лка (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · xmf ონწე (oscillating bed for a baby) · ca bressol (figuratively: place of origin) · ddo рикини (oscillating bed for a baby) · kum бешик (oscillating bed for a baby) · inh ага (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup nanã (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl houder (case for a broken or dislocated limb) · alt буубай (oscillating bed for a baby) · ca bressol (oscillating bed for a baby) · mt benniniet (oscillating bed for a baby) · lzz ონწელი (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi alusta (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · th อู่ (oscillating bed for a baby) · krc бешик (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup leagãn (oscillating bed for a baby) · kk бесік (oscillating bed for a baby) · cjs пежик (oscillating bed for a baby) · lez кьеб (oscillating bed for a baby) · lo ເປ (oscillating bed for a baby) · pl kołyska (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · io bersilo (oscillating bed for a baby) · ur پالْنا (oscillating bed for a baby) · sl zibelka (oscillating bed for a baby) · rm tgina (oscillating bed for a baby) · bua үлгы (oscillating bed for a baby) · ru колыбе́ль (figuratively: place of origin) · ta தொட்டில் (oscillating bed for a baby) · hi झूला (oscillating bed for a baby) · pdt Prosch (oscillating bed for a baby) · ady кушъэ (oscillating bed for a baby) · ba сәңгелдәк (oscillating bed for a baby) · lmo cunna (oscillating bed for a baby) · sva ჰენწ (oscillating bed for a baby) · xmf არკვანი (oscillating bed for a baby) · mk колевка (oscillating bed for a baby) · kap кед (oscillating bed for a baby) · hu bölcső (oscillating bed for a baby) · es brezo (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl wieg (oscillating bed for a baby) · it culla (oscillating bed for a baby) · pl kolebka (oscillating bed for a baby) · os авдӕн (oscillating bed for a baby) · alt межик (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl steun (case for a broken or dislocated limb) · be зы́бка (oscillating bed for a baby) · kmr dergûş (oscillating bed for a baby) · cmn 發源地 /发源地 (figuratively: place of origin) · sk kolíska (oscillating bed for a baby) · ja 揺り籠 (oscillating bed for a baby) · mt nieqa (oscillating bed for a baby) · gl rolo (oscillating bed for a baby) · ab а-га́ра (oscillating bed for a baby) · nrf bèr (oscillating bed for a baby) · es cuna (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi kätkyt (oscillating bed for a baby) · ga cliabhán (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · ur مَہْد (oscillating bed for a baby) · de Wiege (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · hu bölcső (figuratively: place of origin) · ru ви́лка (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · it cuna (oscillating bed for a baby) · kjh пизік (oscillating bed for a baby) · ast bierzu (oscillating bed for a baby) · it lettino (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl wieg (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · la cunae (oscillating bed for a baby) · kn ತೊಟ್ಟಿಲು (oscillating bed for a baby) · crh beşik (oscillating bed for a baby) · ml തൊട്ടിൽ (oscillating bed for a baby) · hy բնօրրան (figuratively: place of origin) · he עֲרִיסָה (oscillating bed for a baby) · nb vugge (oscillating bed for a baby) · ps پېنګو (oscillating bed for a baby) · he עֶרֶשׂ (figuratively: place of origin) · scn naca (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · he עֶרֶשׂ (oscillating bed for a baby) · el κούνια (oscillating bed for a baby) · fr bers (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · cs kolébka (oscillating bed for a baby) · nog бесик (oscillating bed for a baby) · mnc ᡩᡠ᠋ᡵᡳ (oscillating bed for a baby) · lt lopšys (oscillating bed for a baby) · kbd гущэ (oscillating bed for a baby) · ur جُھولا (oscillating bed for a baby) · uk лю́лька (oscillating bed for a baby) · ps زانګو (oscillating bed for a baby) · xal дүүҗң (oscillating bed for a baby) · af wieg (oscillating bed for a baby) · uz belanchak (oscillating bed for a baby) · sh kòlēvka (oscillating bed for a baby) · sh ко̀ле̄вка (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · ast cuna (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi kehto (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · sga clíabán (oscillating bed for a baby) · hi पालना (oscillating bed for a baby) · hi खटोला (oscillating bed for a baby) · nb gaffel (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · ro leagăn (figuratively: place of origin) · rup sãrmãnitsã (oscillating bed for a baby) · av кини (oscillating bed for a baby) · sah биһик (oscillating bed for a baby) · ga cliabháin (oscillating bed for a baby) · ce ага (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl haak (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · akl duyan (oscillating bed for a baby) · lzz წენწე (oscillating bed for a baby) · gv clean (oscillating bed for a baby) · lo ອູ່ (oscillating bed for a baby) · de Wiege (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup mãnushi (oscillating bed for a baby) · pdt Wieej (oscillating bed for a baby) · my ပုခက် (oscillating bed for a baby) · mt nwieqi (oscillating bed for a baby) · grc βαυκάλη (oscillating bed for a baby) · bg палама́рка (implement for cutting grain) · bg стапел (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · ja 揺籃 (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · ru лю́лька (oscillating bed for a baby) · ota بشیك (oscillating bed for a baby) · ru гнездо́ (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · da vugge (figuratively: place of origin) · id buaian (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup cunji (oscillating bed for a baby) · ast trubiecu (oscillating bed for a baby) · pl kołyska (oscillating bed for a baby) · az beşik (oscillating bed for a baby) · ka აკვანი (oscillating bed for a baby) · hu bölcső (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · ro leagăn (oscillating bed for a baby) · vi nôi (oscillating bed for a baby) · br kavell (oscillating bed for a baby) · tr beşik (oscillating bed for a baby) · liv äl (oscillating bed for a baby) · kim беҷик (oscillating bed for a baby) · is vagga (oscillating bed for a baby) · tk sallançak (oscillating bed for a baby) · is vagga (figuratively: place of origin) · bn দোলনা (oscillating bed for a baby) · et häll (oscillating bed for a baby) · uum бешик (oscillating bed for a baby) · sq djep (oscillating bed for a baby) · bg лю́лка (oscillating bed for a baby) · uz beshik (oscillating bed for a baby) · eo lulilo (oscillating bed for a baby) · gsw Guutsche (oscillating bed for a baby) · fy widze (oscillating bed for a baby) · fa-ira مَهْد (oscillating bed for a baby) · it culla (figuratively: place of origin) · gd creathall (oscillating bed for a baby) · frr Waag (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi kehto (figuratively: place of origin) · ba бишек (oscillating bed for a baby) · gl berce (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl bakermat (figuratively: place of origin) · da vugge (oscillating bed for a baby) · fo vøgga (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi synnyinsija (figuratively: place of origin) · sh ко̀ле̄вка (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi kehto (oscillating bed for a baby) · sv vagga (oscillating bed for a baby) · de Wiege (figuratively: place of origin) · bn ঝুলনা (oscillating bed for a baby) · mt benniena (oscillating bed for a baby) · uk лю́ля (oscillating bed for a baby) · lv šūpulis (oscillating bed for a baby) · tg гаҳвора (oscillating bed for a baby) · be калы́ска (oscillating bed for a baby) · ru рыча́г (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · xal өлгә (oscillating bed for a baby) · ja ベビーベッド (oscillating bed for a baby) · vo klädöm (oscillating bed for a baby) · cy crud (oscillating bed for a baby) · ur گہوارہ (oscillating bed for a baby) · ja 発祥地 (figuratively: place of origin) · fa-ira گَهْوارِه (oscillating bed for a baby) · ang cradol (oscillating bed for a baby) · ug بۆشۈك (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi lasta (case for a broken or dislocated limb) · pt berço (oscillating bed for a baby) · ko 요람 (oscillating bed for a baby) · tew kan (oscillating bed for a baby) · nb vugge (figuratively: place of origin) · udi лаьли (oscillating bed for a baby) · nb vugge (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · ar مَهْد (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup trocnã (oscillating bed for a baby) · ps پينګو (oscillating bed for a baby) · ur کَھٹولا (oscillating bed for a baby) · grc λίκνον (oscillating bed for a baby) · fi lavetti (framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.) · udi лороцӏ (oscillating bed for a baby) · abq га́ра (oscillating bed for a baby) · pt berço (figuratively: place of origin) · ga cliabhán (oscillating bed for a baby) · cmn 搖籃 /摇篮 (figuratively: place of origin) · ro furcă (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · ru колыбе́ль (figuratively: infancy, or very early life) · tt бишек (oscillating bed for a baby) · nn vogge (oscillating bed for a baby) · nan-hbl 搖籃 /摇篮 (oscillating bed for a baby) · bbl აკვაჼ (oscillating bed for a baby) · lzz ომწელი (oscillating bed for a baby) · mk лулка (oscillating bed for a baby) · fr berceau (oscillating bed for a baby) · cmn 搖籃 /摇篮 (oscillating bed for a baby) · ja 揺籃 (oscillating bed for a baby) · pl widełki (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · yi וויג (oscillating bed for a baby) · rup cunã (oscillating bed for a baby) · ms buaian (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl wieg (figuratively: place of origin) · sva ჰაკუ̂ა̈ნ (oscillating bed for a baby) · nl armsteun (case for a broken or dislocated limb) · fi kannatin (rest for the receiver of a telephone) · cv сӑпка (oscillating bed for a baby)

cradle en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • krāʹdəl
  • /ˈkɹeɪdəl/

Etymology

From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kradul, from Proto-Germanic *kradulaz, from Proto-Germanic *kradô (“(wicker) basket”). Related to cart.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
  2. (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
  3. (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
    • The little girl was left alone in her tiny bedroom, cradling her dead hamster. 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
    • cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
  4. To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
  5. To nurse or train in infancy.
    • He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. 1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC:
    • But are the Jewish people a nation? For two thousand years, they have been rent from the physical homeland that cradled their youth; they have been scattered over the entire earth; they have been influenced by almost every climate, culture, and nation, constituting a small minority in each country. 1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 357:
  6. To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
  7. To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
  8. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
    • Edward H[enry] Knight (1877), “Cradle”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC: “In Lombardy […] boats are cradled and transported over the grade.”
  9. To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.

Forms

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cradling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cradles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cradled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cradled Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

cradler · uncradled

Translations (35)

ca bressar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · fi pidellä (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · ru укача́ть (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · io bersar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · ca bressolar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · tr sallamak (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · ru ука́чивать (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · tr beşik sallamak (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · nl omvatten (to contain in or as if in a cradle) · nl omsluiten (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · fi liekuttaa (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · mi okooko (to contain in or as if in a cradle) · es brezar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · mi okooko (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · nl omhullen (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · it cullare (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · mi rapoi (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · fr bercer (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · ru баю́кать (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · fi kääriä (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · fi veivata (lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth) · nl wiegen (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · kix thūm (cradling a baby on lap) · de wiegen (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · nl omsluiten (to contain in or as if in a cradle) · pt berçar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · ru убаю́кать (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · tr beşikte sallamak (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · eo luli (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · fi tuudittaa (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · es brizar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · he נענע (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · gl arrolar (to rock (a baby to sleep)) · mi hikihiki (to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively) · yi וויגן (to rock (a baby to sleep))