cradle

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

   Wiege

   колыбе́льkolybélʹ, лю́лькаljúlʹka

   коли́скаkolýska, лю́ляljúlja, лю́лькаljúlʹka

   a baby bed with sides and rockers

2. (figuratively)The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

   a cradle of crime

   the cradle of liberty

   Wiege

   колыбе́льkolybélʹ

   where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

3. (figuratively)Infancy, or very early life.

   from the cradle to the grave

   Wiege

   колыбе́льkolybélʹ

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.

   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

10. A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

11. A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

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.

1. The baby fell asleep in the cradle.

   Дитина заснула в колисці.

   ruРебенок заснул в колыбели.

   deDas Baby schlief in der Wiege ein.

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2. A baby is sleeping in the cradle.

   Немовля спить у люльці.

   ruДитя спит в колыбели.

   deEin Baby schläft in der Wiege.

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3. The baby lay sleeping in the cradle.

   ruМладенец спал в колыбели.

   deDas Kind lag schlafend in der Wiege.

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4. The baby is sleeping in the cradle.

   deDas Baby schläft in der Wiege.

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5. The baby was sleeping in the cradle.

   ruДитя спало в колыбели.

   deDas Baby schlief in der Wiege.

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