Definisjon av cradle

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Noun

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

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"
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Substantiv

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

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.

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  • cradle
    Place of origin and development.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) cradle
  • Presens: cradle / cradles
  • Preteritum: cradled
  • Perfektum: (have) cradled

Substantiv

  • Entall: cradle
  • Flertall: cradles

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