Overview of noun cradle

The noun cradle has 4 senses

• cradle -- (a baby bed with sides and rockers)


• birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience -- (where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization")


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


• rocker, cradle -- (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)

Overview of verb cradle

The verb cradle has 6 senses

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


• cradle -- (bring up from infancy)


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


• cradle -- (cut grain with a cradle scythe)


• cradle -- (wash in a cradle; "cradle gold")


• cradle -- (run with the stick)