Cradle definitions

Cradle

1) Baby bed 2) Baby holder 3) Baby rocker 4) Baby''s bed 5) Base for a PDA 6) Bed on rockers 7) Bed with rockers 8) Birth of a person 9) Birthplace metaphor 10) Birthplace, metaphorically 11) Breeding ground 12) Bring up from infancy 13) Carry protectively 14) Charles Blake subject 15) Circus skill
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Cradle

1) Bassinet 2) Crib 3) Divan 4) Origin 5) Provenance
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cradle

a baby bed with sides and rockers
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
birth of a person

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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

[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

(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

(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

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

A frame used to support a boat when on the hard.
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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 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

(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

A hold in which one arm is around the neck of the opponent, the other around the neck, with the hands gripped tightly together.
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Cradle

From back landing,
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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 s...
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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

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 th...
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