From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], [enm], from [en], from [en], from [en], from [en]. Related to
[en].
*** Pronunciation
- [krāʹdəl] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rocker s or swing ing on pivot s.
2. * [IV]
3. * {{ quote-text | en | year=1782 | author=w:William Cowper | title=Expostulation
|passage=the CRADLE that received thee at thy birth}}
1. * [1=en]
2. [en] The place of origin , or in which anything is nurture d or protect ed in the earlier period of existence .
3. [en] Infancy , or very early life.
4. * [I]
5. * [passage=a form of worship in which they had been educated from their CRADLE]
6. An implement consist ing of a broad scythe for cutting grain , with a set of long finger s parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath .
7. A tool used in mezzotint engraving , which, by a rock ing motion, raise s burr s on the surface of the plate , so as to prepare the ground .
8. A framework of timber s, or iron bars, moving upon way s or roller s, used to support , lift , or carry ships or other vessel s, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launch ing a ship.
9. A case for a broken or dislocated limb .
10. A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
11. [en] A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
12. * [1=en]
13. [en] A suspend ed scaffold used in shaft s.
14. [en] A ribbing for vault ed ceiling s and arch es intended to be covered with plaster .
15. * [en]
16. [en] A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wreck ed ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
17. A rest for the receiver of a telephone , or for certain computer hardware.
18. [en] A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
19. A mechanical device for tilting and decant ing a bottle of wine .
**** Synonyms
- [machine on rockers used in washing out auriferous earth] [en]
- [rest for receiver of a telephone] [en]
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[oscillating bed for a baby]
- Abaza: [abq]
- Abkhaz: [ab]
- Adyghe: [ady]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Aklanon: [akl]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy] [dialectal]
- Aromanian: [rup] , [rup] , [rup] , [rup] , [rup] , [rup] , [rup]
- Asturian: [ast] , [ast] , [ast]
- Avar: [av]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Bashkir: [ba] , [ba]
- Bats: [bbl]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be] , [be]
- Bengali: [bn] , [bn]
- Bezhta: [kap]
- Breton: [br]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Burmese: [my]
- Buryat: [bua]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chechen: [ce]
- Chinese:
- Chuvash: [cv]
- Crimean Tatar: [crh]
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et] , [et]
- Faroese: [fo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he] , [he]
- Hindi: [hi] , [hi] , [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Ingush: [inh]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it] , [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja] , [ja]
- Kabardian: [kbd]
- Kalmyk: [xal] , [xal]
- Kannada: [kn]
- Karachay-Balkar: [krc]
- Karaim: [kdr]
- Kazakh: [kk]
- Khakas: [kjh]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kumyk: [kum]
- Kurdish:
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo] , [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Laz: [lzz] , [lzz] , [lzz]
- Lezgi: [lez]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livonian: [liv]
- Lombard: [lmo]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms]
- Malayalam: [ml]
- Maltese: [mt] , [mt] , [mt] , [mt]
- Manchu: [mnc]
- Manx: [gv]
- Maori: [mi]
- Mingrelian: [xmf] , [xmf]
- Mongolian:
- Nogai: [nog]
- Norman: [nrf]
- North Frisian: [frr]
- Norwegian:
- Old English: [ang]
- Old Irish: [sga]
- Ossetian: [os]
- Ottoman Turkish: [ota]
- Pashto: [ps] , [ps] , [ps] , [ps]
- Persian:
- Plautdietsch: [pdt] , [pdt]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Romansch: [rm]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru]
- Scottish Gaelic: [gd]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Shor: [cjs]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovak: [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Southern Altai: [alt] , [alt]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Svan: [sva] , [sva]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg]
- Tamil: [ta]
- Tatar: [tt]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Tofa: [kim]
- Tsez: [ddo]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Tuvan: [tyv]
- Udi: [udi] , [udi] , [udi]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk] , [uk]
- Urdu: [ur] , [ur] , [ur] , [ur] , [ur]
- Urum: [uum]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
- Yakut: [sah]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[figuratively: place of origin]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Sicilian: [scn]
[trans-bottom]
[figuratively: infancy, or very early life]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Sicilian: [scn]
[trans-bottom]
[implement for cutting grain]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
[trans-bottom]
[tool used in mezzotint engraving] [trans-bottom]
[framework used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns,
etc.]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Irish: [ga]
- Turkish: [tr]
[trans-bottom]
[case for a broken or dislocated limb]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the person] [trans-bottom]
[machine used in washing out auriferous earth] [trans-bottom]
[suspended scaffold used in shafts] [trans-bottom]
[ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches] [trans-bottom]
[basket or apparatus in which people are brought off from a wreck]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[rest for the receiver of a telephone]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Norwegian:
- Polish: [pl]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] , [ru]
[trans-bottom]
[checktrans-top]
- Kurdish:
- Latin: [la] , [la]
- Telugu: [te]
[trans-bottom]
**** See also
- [en]
*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To contain in or as if in a cradle.
2. [en] To rock [a baby to sleep] .
3. [en] To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
4. * [passage=The little girl was left alone in her tiny bedroom, CRADLING her dead hamster.]
5. To lull or quieten , as if by rocking.
6. To nurse or train in infancy.
7. * {{ RQ:Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica
|passage=He that hath been CRADLED in majesty will not leave the throne to
play with beggars.}}
1. [en] To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force .
2. To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle..
3. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
4. * [passage=In Lombardy [...] boats are CRADLED and transported over the grade.]
5. To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Translations
[to contain in or as if in a cradle]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Maori: [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[to rock (a baby to sleep)]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Ido: [io]
- Italian: [it]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru] , [ru] ; [ru] , [ru]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr] , [tr]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[to wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- Maori: [mi] , [mi] , [mi]
[trans-bottom]
[lacrosse: to rock the lacrosse stick back and forth]
- Finnish: [fi]
[trans-bottom]
[cradling a baby on lap]
- Khiamniungan Naga: [kix]
[trans-bottom]
*** Further reading
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*** Anagrams
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