cradle
/ˈkɹeɪdəl/
Misollar
- The girl cried in the cradle.
- The baby cries in the cradle.
- The baby is in the cradle.
- Africa is the cradle of mankind.
- Africa is the cradle of humanity.
- He left his son in the cradle.
ot noun
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The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
a cradle of crime
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Infancy, or very early life.
from the cradle to the grave
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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.
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A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
He slammed the handset into the cradle.
fe’l verb
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To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
- To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To rock (a baby to sleep).
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
Manbalar: Wiktionary (Free Dictionary API orqali), Datamuse, Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), MyMemory.