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Meaning of cradle


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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  cradle
      n 1: a baby bed with sides and rockers
      2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
         existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn:
         {birthplace}, {cradle}, {place of origin}, {provenance},
         {provenience}]
      3: birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to
         cry"
      4: 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 [syn: {rocker}, {cradle}]
      v 1: hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his
           arms"
      2: bring up from infancy
      3: hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant
         in his arms"
      4: cut grain with a cradle scythe
      5: wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
      6: run with the stick


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