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English to English noun
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a baby bed with sides and rockers |  | source: wordnet30
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where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | | Example: the birthplace of civilization
source: wordnet30
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birth of a person | | Example: he was taught from the cradle never to cry
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty. | | source: webster1913
verb
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hold gently and carefully | | Example: He cradles the child in his arms
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bring up from infancy | | source: wordnet30
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hold or place in or as if in a cradle | | Example: He cradled the infant in his arms
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cut grain with a cradle scythe | | source: wordnet30
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wash in a cradle | | Example: cradle gold
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run with the stick | | source: wordnet30
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To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. | | source: webster1913
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To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. | | source: webster1913
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