CRADLE

n. baby bed, crib

v. hold and fondle lovingly or protectively; lay in cradle; rock soothingly

A cradle (also called a bassinet, crib and stock ) is a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep.Cradle may also refer to:Cradle (2000s band)Cradle (band), a band that Suzi Quatro played in, in the early 1970s before she became a huge starCradle (novel), a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee.A piece of hardware on which a wireless phone, personal digital assistant or digital audio player sits on for charging and/or synchronising with a PCCradle of Humankind, a World Heritage Site near Johannesburg in South Africa, where many early hominid remains were discoveredCradle of Civilization, any of the various regions regarded as the earliest centers of civilizationCat's Cradle, a novel by Kurt VonnegutCat's cradle (string game), a children's game with stringCradle (circus act), an aerial circus actCradle (wrestling), a very basic move in amateur wrestlingCradle of Filth, a British heavy metal bandShip's Cradle, supports a ship that is dry dockedCradle (grain), in agriculture is a a device based upon a scythe to cleanly reap and harvest grainA dismount from a cheerleading stunt
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Noun
1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
(hypernym) baby bed, baby's bed
(part-meronym) rocker
2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
(synonym) birthplace, place of origin, provenance
(hypernym) beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
3. birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
(hypernym) birth
4. a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
(synonym) rocker
(hypernym) trough
Verb
1. hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
(hypernym) hold, take hold
2. bring up from infancy
(hypernym) rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
3. hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
(hypernym) hold, take hold
4. cut grain with a cradle scythe
(hypernym) cut
5. wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
(hypernym) wash, launder
(derivation) rocker
6. run with the stick
(hypernym) play
(classification) lacrosse

(v. t.)
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
  

(v. t.)
To nurse or train in infancy.
  

(v. t.)
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
  

(v. t.)
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
  

(v. i.)
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
  

(n.)
The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
Infancy, or very early life.
  

(n.)
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.
  

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

(n.)
A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
  

(n.)
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker.
  

(n.)
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.
  

(n.)
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
  

(n.)
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
  

(n.)
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.
  

To dream of a cradle, with a beautiful infant occupying it, portends prosperity and the affections of beautiful children. To rock your own baby in a cradle, denotes the serious illness of one of the family. For a young woman to dream of rocking a cradle is portentous of her downfall. She should beware of gossiping.