ALL meanings of cradle
cra·dle
C c - noun cradle a wire or wicker basket used to hold a wine bottle in a more or less horizontal position while the wine is being served. 1
- noun cradle Artillery. the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides. 1
- noun cradle a landing platform for ferryboats, rolling on inclined tracks to facilitate loading and unloading at different water levels. 1
- noun cradle Aeronautics. a docklike structure in which a rigid or semirigid airship is built or is supported during inflation. 1
- noun cradle Automotive. creeper (def 6). 1
- noun cradle Nautical. a shaped support for a boat, cast, etc.; chock. truss (def 9). 1
- noun cradle Shipbuilding. a moving framework on which a hull slides down the ways when launched. a built-up form on which plates of irregular form are shaped. 1
- noun cradle Medicine/Medical. a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient. 1
- noun cradle Mining. a box on rockers for washing sand or gravel to separate gold or other heavy metal. 1
- noun cradle an engraver's tool for laying mezzotint grounds. 1
- noun cradle Painting. a structure of wooden strips attached to the back of a panel, used as a support and to prevent warping. 1
- verb with object cradle to hold gently or protectively. 1
- verb with object cradle to place or rock in or as in an infant's cradle. 1
- verb with object cradle to nurture during infancy. 1
- verb with object cradle to receive or hold as a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradle to cut (grain) with a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradle to place (a vessel) on a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradle Mining. to wash (sand or gravel) in a cradle; rock. 1
- verb with object cradle Painting. to support (a panel) with a cradle. 1
- verb without object cradle to lie in or as if in a cradle. 1
- verb without object cradle to cut grain with a cradle scythe. 1
- idioms cradle rob the cradle, Informal. to marry, court, or date a person much younger than oneself. 1
- noun cradle An infant's bed or crib, typically one mounted on rockers. 1
- verb cradle To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle. 0
- verb cradle To transport a vessel by means of a cradle. 0
- verb cradle To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping. 0
- noun cradle A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. 0
- noun cradle (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence. 0
- noun cradle (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life. 0
- noun 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. 0
- noun cradle A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground. 0
- noun 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. 0
- noun cradle A case for a broken or dislocated limb. 0
- noun cradle A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person. 0
- noun cradle (mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth. 0
- noun cradle (mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts. 0
- noun cradle (carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. 0
- noun cradle (nautical) 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. 0
- noun cradle A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware. 0
- noun cradle (contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand. 0
- verb cradle (Transitive Verb) To contain in or as if in a cradle. 0
- verb cradle (Transitive Verb) To rock (a baby to sleep). 0
- verb cradle (Transitive Verb) To wrap protectively. 0
- verb cradle To lull or quieten, as if by rocking. 0
- verb cradle To nurse or train in infancy. 0
- verb cradle (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force. 0