Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of rocking in a cradle; hence, nurture in infancy; the period of infancy.
- noun In carpentry: Timber framing for sustaining the laths and plaster of a vaulted ceiling.
- noun The framework to which the entablature of a wooden shop-front is attached.
- noun In cooperage, the cutting of a cask in two lengthwise, so as to enable it to pass through a narrow place, the pieces being afterward united.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of using a cradle.
- noun (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.
- noun (Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
cradle . - noun The act by which one
cradles a child etc. - noun The act of using a
cradle (the tool). - noun The cutting of a
cask into two pieceslengthwise , to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united andrehooped . - noun carpentry The
framework inarched orcoved ceilings to which thelaths arenailed .
Etymologies
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Examples
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I walked in cradling him as far from me as possible (thank God it was warm and I was in short sleeves) and the nurses immediately escorted us past all the horrified people in the waiting room directly to an examination room to deal with the problem.
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As players run down the field with the ball, they must simultaneously rotate the stick back and forth in a motion called "cradling" to create the centrifugal force necessary to keep the ball in the pocket.
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As players run down the field with the ball, they must simultaneously rotate the stick back and forth in a motion called "cradling" to create the centrifugal force necessary to keep the ball in the pocket.
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It's similar to what I witnessed in Francis Collins when he talked about Jesus, his voice and expression cradling something holy.
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"If we could see it we could escape, but we can't," he said, cradling his 4-month-old baby, Shoma, at an evacuation center.
Japanese Government Warns Those Nearby Nuclear Plant To Stay Indoors In Order To Avoid Radiation
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For the rest of the night, they took turns cradling Brie in one arm and gently pulling up on the back of her neck with the other.
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"Every single person I handed the Oscar to did the same thing: Placed the Oscar at a tilt—one hand mid-statue, the other cradling the bottom of the base—looked to the middle distance where the television cameras would be and said, 'I'd like to thank the academy for this award…,' " Mr. Scalzi has written.
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“Why would I break my own hand for nothing?” she yelled back, cradling it close.
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Carol stumbled across uneven ground and Lucas caught her in his cradling arm.
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Reporters caught him dressed to go hunting and cradling a shotgun.
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