| NOUN | artifact | cradle | a baby bed with sides and rockers |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | cradle, birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience | where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | |
| time | cradle | birth of a person | |
| artifact | cradle, rocker | a trough that can be rocked back and forth | |
| VERB | contact | cradle | hold gently and carefully |
| social | cradle | bring up from infancy | |
| motion | cradle | hold or place in or as if in a cradle | |
| contact | cradle | cut / cut grain with a cradle scythe | |
| contact | cradle | wash in a cradle | |
| competition | cradle | run with the stick |
| Sounds | krey'dahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | A baby bed with sides and rockers. | |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | rocker | A curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro |
| Broader | baby bed, baby's bed | A small bed for babies |
| Spanish | cuna | |
| Catalan | bres, bressol | |
| Verbs | cradle | hold gently and carefully |
| cradle | hold or place in or as if in a cradle | |
| Meaning | Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience | |
| Broader | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | The place where something begins, where it springs into being |
| Spanish | cuna, lugar de origen, origen, procedencia, proveniencia | |
| Catalan | bressol, lloc d'origen, provinença | |
| Meaning | birth of a person. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" | |
| Broader | birth | The time when something begins (especially life) |
| Meaning | 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 | |
| Broader | trough | A long narrow shallow receptacle |
| Verbs | cradle | wash in a cradle |
| Meaning | hold gently and carefully. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He cradles the child in his arms" | |
| Broader | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Spanish | acunar | |
| Nouns | cradle | a baby bed with sides and rockers |
| Meaning | Bring up from infancy. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Broader | rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent | Bring up |
| Meaning | hold or place in or as if in a cradle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "He cradled the infant in his arms" | |
| Broader | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Nouns | cradle | a baby bed with sides and rockers |
| Meaning | cut / cut grain with a cradle scythe. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | cut | separate with or as if with an instrument |
| Meaning | wash in a cradle. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "cradle gold" | |
| Broader | wash, launder | cleanse with a cleaning agent, such as soap, and water |
| Spanish | dar un baño, lavar en batea | |
| Nouns | cradle | a trough that can be rocked back and forth |
| Meaning | Run with the stick. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Category | lacrosse | A game invented by American Indians |
| Broader | play | participate in games / games or sport |
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