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Overview of noun cradle

The noun cradle has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) cradle

(a baby bed with sides and rockers)

2. (1) birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience


3. cradle

(birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry")

4. rocker, cradle


Overview of verb cradle

The verb cradle has 6 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) cradle

(hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms")

2. cradle

(bring up from infancy)

3. cradle

(hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms")

4. cradle

(cut grain with a cradle scythe)

5. cradle

(wash in a cradle; "cradle gold")

6. cradle

(run with the stick) © 2001-2013, Demand Media, all rights reserved. The database is based on Word Net a lexical database for the English language. see disclaimer
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