Vi fant 28 definisjoner av cradle på engelsk.
Noun |
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| cradle - a baby bed with sides and rockers | ||
| baby's bed, baby bed a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling | ||
| cradle - birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" | ||
| 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 | ||
| rocker | ||
| trough a long narrow shallow receptacle | ||
| cradle - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" | ||
| birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience | ||
Verb |
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| cradle - run with the stick | ||
| play engage in an activity as if it were a game rather than take it seriously; "They played games on their opponents"; "play the stock market"; "play with her feelings"; "toy with an idea" | ||
| 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 | ||
| cradle - hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms" | ||
| take hold, hold assume control | ||
| cradle - wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" | ||
| launder, wash convert illegally obtained funds into legal ones | ||
| cradle - hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms" | ||
| take hold, hold assume control | ||
| cradle - cut grain with a cradle scythe | ||
| cut grow through the gums; "The new tooth is cutting" | ||
| cradle - bring up from infancy | ||
| parent, nurture, rear, bring up, raise stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror" | ||
Substantiv |
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| cradle - A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. | ||
| cradle - The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. | ||
| cradle - Infancy, or very early life. | ||
| 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. | ||
| cradle - A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. | ||
| 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. | ||
| cradle - A case for a broken or dislocated limb. | ||
| cradle - A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person. | ||
| cradle - A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth. | ||
| cradle - A suspended scaffold used in shafts. | ||
| cradle - A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. | ||
| cradle - 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. | ||
| cradle - A rest for the receiver of a telephone. | ||
| cradle - A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand. | ||
Verb |
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| cradle - To contain in or as if in a cradle. | ||
| cradle - To wrap protectively. | ||
| cradle - To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force. |