English noun: cradle | |||
1. | cradle (artifact) a baby bed with sides and rockers | ||
Broader (hypernym) | baby bed, baby's bed | ||
Part holonym | rocker | ||
2. | cradle (location) where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence | ||
Samples | The birthplace of civilization. | ||
Synonyms | birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beginning, origin, root, rootage, source | ||
3. | cradle (time) birth of a person | ||
Samples | He was taught from the cradle never to cry. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | birth | ||
4. | cradle (artifact) 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 | ||
Synonyms | rocker | ||
Broader (hypernym) | trough | ||
English verb: cradle | |||
1. | cradle (contact) hold gently and carefully | ||
Samples | He cradles the child in his arms. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hold, take hold | ||
2. | cradle (social) bring up from infancy | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bring up, nurture, parent, raise, rear | ||
3. | cradle (motion) hold or place in or as if in a cradle | ||
Samples | He cradled the infant in his arms. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hold, take hold | ||
4. | cradle (contact) cut grain with a cradle scythe | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cut | ||
5. | cradle (contact) wash in a cradle | ||
Samples | Cradle gold. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | launder, wash | ||
6. | cradle (competition) run with the stick | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | play | ||
Domain category | lacrosse | ||