cradle

cradle

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

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

cradle (plural cradles)

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
2. (figuratively) 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
3. (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
   • from the cradle to the grave
4. 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.
5. A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
6. 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.
7. A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
8. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
9. A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
10. A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
11. A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
12. (nautical) A 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.

    The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.

13. A rest for the receiver of a telephone.

    He slammed the handset into the cradle.

	culla
	figuratively: place of origin
	oscillating bed for a baby
	Luogo di origine e di sviluppo.
	Place of origin and development.

	cullare
	to rock (a baby to sleep)

invasatura

luogo

luogo d'origine

ninnare

paniere per servire i vini in bottiglia

Altri significati:

A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.

A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.

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

to wrap protectively

(nautical) A 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.

(transitive) To wrap protectively.

A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.

A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.

(transitive) To rock ( '''a baby to sleep''' ).

A rest for the receiver of a telephone.

rest for the receiver of a telephone

(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

case for a broken or dislocated limb

A case for a broken or dislocated limb.

framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc.

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.

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.

cradle (of civilisation, civilization, etc.)

figuratively: infancy, or very early life

A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.

A hardware device used to connect a portable device to a desktop computer. When the device is in the cradle, data can be synchronized between the device and the computer.

(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.

Traduzione 'veloce'

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