cradle
Seed from Open English WordNet (OEWN) 2025
Meanings by context
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- definition a baby bed with sides and rockers
- definition where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
- definition birth of a person
- definition 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
- definition hold gently and carefully
- definition bring up from infancy
- definition hold or place in or as if in a cradle
- definition cut grain with a cradle scythe
- definition wash in a cradle
- definition run with the stick