Found 3 items, similar to Cradling.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: cradle
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: cradle
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,
place of origin,
provenance]
3: birth of a person;
“he was taught from the cradle never to
cry”
4: a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake 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
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cradling
Cradle
\Cra"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr.
& vb. n.
Cradling (-dl?ng).]
1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet,
as by rocking.
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It cradles their fears to sleep. --D. A. Clark.
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2. To nurse or train in infancy.
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He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave
the throne to play with beggars. --Glanvill.
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3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
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4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
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In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported
over the grade. --Knight.
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To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a
picture, to prevent the panels from warping.
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Cradling
\Cra"dling\ (-dl?ng), n.
1. The act of using a cradle.
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2. (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to
enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being
afterward united and rehooped.
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3. (Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which
the laths are nailed. --Knight.
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