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Noun cradle has 4 senses

cradle - a baby bed with sides and rockers
--₁ is a kind of baby bed, baby's bed
--₁ has part: rocker
Derived forms: verb cradle₁, verb cradle₃
birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance - where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
--₂ is a kind of beginning, origin, root, rootage, source
cradle - birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
--₃ is a kind of birth
rocker, cradle - a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
--₄ is a kind of trough

Derived form: verb cradle₅

Verb cradle has 6 senses

cradle - hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
--₁ is one way to hold, take hold

Derived form: noun cradle₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
cradle - bring up from infancy
--₂ is one way to rear, raise, bring up, nurture, parent
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
cradle - hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
--₃ is one way to hold, take hold

Derived form: noun cradle₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
cradle - cut grain with a cradle scythe
--₄ is one way to cut
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cradle - wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
--₅ is one way to wash, launder

Derived form: noun cradle₄
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
cradle - run with the stick
--₆ is one way to play
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s