cradle
To rockTo rock (a baby to sleep).
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Translations
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Meaning
9 senses(transitive)To rock (a baby to sleep).
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ука́чиватьukáčivatʹ, укача́тьukačátʹ, баю́катьbajúkatʹ
(transitive)To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
hold gently and carefully
To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
cut grain with a cradle scythe
More meanings 6
(transitive)To contain in or as if in a cradle.
To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
To nurse or train in infancy.
To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
Origin
From Middle English cradel, credel, from Old English cradol, from Proto-West Germanic *kraFrom 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.
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Forms
cradles, cradling, cradled, cradledTenses
cradle · cradled · will cradle · have cradledWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.