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Image:Cradle for H.M. the Queen by H. Rogers.jpg|thumb|cradle for H.M. the [[queen|Queen]]

Etymology
From OE. cradol.

Pronunciation
AHD|kr�ʹd�l, IPA|/�kreɪd�l/, SAMPA|/"kreId@l/
rhymes|eɪd�l

Noun
en-noun

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillate|oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
2. context|figurative The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

#* a cradle of crime
#* the cradle of liberty

1. context|figurative Infancy, or very early life.

#* from the cradle to the grave

1. An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
2. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
3. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
4. A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
5. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person.
6. A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
7. A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
8. The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
9. The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
10. A rest for the receiver of a telephone.

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Synonyms
italbrac|machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth: rocker
italbrac|rest for receiver of a telephone: rest

Derived terms
cat�s cradle
cradle cap
cradleland
cradlesong
from the cradle to the grave

Translations
trans-top|oscillating bed for a baby
Breton: t|br|kavell|xs=Breton
Catalan: t|ca|bressol|m
Czech: t-|cs|kolébka|f
Danish: t|da|vugge|f
Dutch: t+|nl|wieg|m|f
Esperanto: t-|eo|lulilo|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|kehto
French: t|fr|berceau|m
German: t+|de|Wiege|f
Greek: t+|el|κο�νια|f|trkoýnia|scGrek
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Hebrew: ער�ס� ('arisa) f
Hungarian: t-|hu|bölcs�
Icelandic: t+|is|vagga|f
Italian: t+|it|culla|f
Japanese: ����(����, yurikago)
Portuguese: t|pt|berço|m
Spanish: t-|es|cuna|f
Serbian: kolevka, ljuljka
Swedish: t-|sv|vagga|c
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trans-top|figuratively: place of origin
Dutch: t+|nl|wieg|m|f
Finnish: t-|fi|kehto
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Japanese: �祥�(������, hassh�chi)
Hebrew: ערש ('eres) m - place of origin of noble ideas or ethnic groups (in nationalistic terminology)
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trans-top|figuratively: infancy, or very early life
Dutch: t+|nl|wieg|m|f
Finnish: t-|fi|kehto
Serbian: kolevka
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trans-top|implement for cutting grain
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trans-top|tool used in mezzotint engraving
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trans-top|framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.
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trans-top|case for a broken or dislocated limb
Dutch: t|nl|armsteun|m, t|nl|houder|m, t+|nl|steun|m
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trans-top|frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person
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trans-top|machine used in washing out auriferous earth
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trans-top|suspended scaffold used in shafts
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trans-top|ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches
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trans-top|basket or apparatus in which people are brought off from a wreck
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trans-top|rest for the receiver of a telephone
Dutch: t+|nl|haak|m
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ttbc|Latin: cunae, cunabula
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ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: creathall f
ttbc|Turkish: be�ik
ttbc|Telugu: �యల (ooyala)
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See also
crib

Verb
en-verb|cradl|ing

1. transitive To contain in or as if in a cradle.
2. transitive To rock (a baby to sleep).
3. transitive To wrap protectively.

#* cradling the injured man�s head in her arms

1. lacrosse To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

Translations
trans-top|contain in or as if in a cradle
Dutch: t-|nl|omsluiten, t+|nl|omvatten
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trans-top|rock
Dutch: t-|nl|wiegen
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Hebrew: �נענע (lena'anea)
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trans-top|wrap protectively
Dutch: t|nl|omhullen, t-|nl|omsluiten
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trans-top|lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth
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