Look up: Cradle

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   cradle
   [Noun] A small, box-shaped bed for a baby. Also, the place something comes from.
   Example: Rome, was the cradle of the Roman empire.
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   cradle
   [n] - birth of a person 2. [n] - a baby bed with sides and rockers 3. [v] - bring up from infancy 4. [v] - rock or place in or as if in a cradle 5. [v] - cut grain with a cradle scythe 6. [v] - wash in a cradle 7. [v] - hold gently and carefully 8. [v] - run with the stick, in Lacrosse
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   Cradle
   usually, three consecutive sextile aspects plus one opposition in a bowl-like structure; can be a string of 3-4 consecutive aspects of the same type, plus a wide aspect such as opposition, sesquiquadrate or trine.
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   Cradle
   (In topic `Tools, Methods & Processes`) Cradle is 3SL`s system architecting tool. It is described as a systems and software engineering environment that provides through life support (from requirements capture to system implementation) for the development of large & complex systems..
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   cradle
   a baby`s bed with enclosed sides, often with a hood and rockers; an infant`s bed in a hospital usu. as representative of the equipment and services required to care for one infant in an obstetrical service Category: Medicine • a scaffold consisting of a suspended working platform which can be raised and lowered vertically and in some cases it can be deplaced horizontally Category: B...
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   Cradle
   Cra'dle (krād'l) noun [ Anglo-Saxon cradel , cradol , probably from Celtic; confer Gael. creathall , Ir. craidhal , W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perhaps akin to English crate .] 1. 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 ...
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   Cradle
   Cra'dle transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Cradled (-d'ld); present participle & verbal noun Cradling (-dl?ng).] 1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking. « It cradles their fears to sleep. D. A. Clark. » 2. To nurse or train in infancy. « ...
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   Cradle
   Cra'dle intransitive verb To lie or lodge, as in a cradle. « Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled . Shak. »
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   cradle
   A frame used to keep bedclothes from coming in contact with an injured patient. ... Origin: M.E. Cradel ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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    cradle
    noun a baby bed with sides and rockers
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    cradle
    noun birth of a person; `he was taught from the cradle never to cry`
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    cradle
    verb run with the stick
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    cradle
    verb hold gently and carefully; `He cradles the child in his arms`
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    cradle
    verb hold or place in or as if in a cradle; `He cradled the infant in his arms`
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    cradle
    verb bring up from infancy
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    cradle
    place of origin noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; `the birthplace of civilization`
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    Cradle
    A `cradle` (also called a bassinet, crib and stock ) is a small bed, often on rockers, in which babies and small children sleep. `Cradle` may also refer to: * Cradle (2000s band) * Cradle (band), a band that Suzi Quatro played in, in the early 1970s before she became a huge star * `Cradle` (novel), a novel by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee. * A piece of hardware on which a wireless phone, personal digital assistant or digital audio player sits ...
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    cradle
    (kra´dәl) a frame placed over the body of a bed patient for application of heat or cold or for protecting injured parts from coming in contact with the bed clothes. Cradles vary in size according to their intended purpose and can be used over the entire body or over one or more extremities.
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    Cradle
    • (v. t.) To nurse or train in infancy. • (n.) 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. • (n.) A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways...
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    cradle
    (from the article `placer mining`) An improvement over the pan was the rocker, or cradle, named for its resemblance to a child`s cradle. As it was rocked, it sifted large quantities of ...
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    cradle
    (from the article `mezzotint`) ...hold ink and, when printed, produce large areas of tone. The pricking of the plate was originally done with a roulette (a small wheel covered with ... The first step in preparing a mezzotint plate is to rough up the whole plate surface as evenly as possible. The tool used is the rocker, a blade with ......
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    cradle
    in agriculture, rakelike harvesting implement of wood, devised in ancient times for gathering the stalks of wheat, oats, barley, and other grains ...
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    cradle
    in furniture, infant`s bed of wood, wicker, or iron, having enclosed sides and suspended from a bar, slung upon pivots, or mounted on rockers. The ...
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    cradle
    A frame used to keep bedclothes from coming in contact with a patient. [M.E. cradel]
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    cradle
    
    1. a baby bed with sides and rockers
    2. where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
    3. birth of a person
    
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