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cradle

noun

1 cradle

A baby bed with sides and rockers.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, ... show more

Roget 673: preparation; providing etc. v.; provision, providence; anticipation etc. (foresight) 510; precaution, preconcertation, predisposition; ... show more

Roget 191: receptacle; inclosure etc. 232; recipient, receiver, reservatory.    compartment; cell, cellule; follicle; hole, corner, niche, ... show more

Roget 127: youth; juvenility, juvenescence; juniority; infancy; babyhood, childhood, boyhood, girlhood, youthhood; incunabula; minority, nonage, teens, ... show more

Roget 66: beginning, commencement, opening, outset, incipience, inception, inchoation; introduction etc. (precursor) 64; alpha, initial; inauguration, ... show more

Dutch: bakermat, wieg
Polish: kołyska, kolebka

2 cradle

Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence.

synonyms: birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience.

Roget 153: cause, origin, source, principle, element; occasioner, prime mover, primum mobile [Lat.]; vera causa [Lat.]; author etc. (producer) 164; mainspring; ... show more

Dutch: komaf, oorsprong, herkomst, afkomst, origine, bakermat, haard, kraamkamer, wieg
Polish: kolebka, ojczyzna, prakolebka

3 cradle

Birth of a person.

Dutch: haak

4 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.

synonym: rocker.

Dutch: houder, armsteun

verb

1 cradle

Hold gently and carefully.

Roget 184: place, situate, locate, localize, make a place for, put, lay, set, seat, station, lodge, quarter, post, install; ... show more

Roget 707: aid, assist, help, succor, lend one's aid; come to the aid etc. n.. of; contribute, subscribe to; bring aid, give aid, furnish aid, ... show more

2 cradle

Bring up from infancy.

3 cradle

Hold or place in or as if in a cradle.

4 cradle

Cut grain with a cradle scythe.

5 cradle

Wash in a cradle.

6 cradle

Run with the stick.


Moby thesaurus: Colonial bed, Hollywood bed, Vaterland, afford support, appease, babyhood, back, back up, bassinet, bear, bear up, bed, bed-davenport, beginnings, berth, birth, birthplace, bolster, bolster up, brace ... show more.

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