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1.                 From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   cradle
       n 1: a baby bed with sides and rockers
       2: where something originated or was nurtured in its early
          existence; "the birthplace of civilization" [syn:
          birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance,
          provenience]
       3: birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to
          cry"
       4: 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 [syn: rocker, cradle]
       v 1: hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his
            arms"
       2: bring up from infancy
       3: hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant
          in his arms"
       4: cut grain with a cradle scythe
       5: wash in a cradle; "cradle gold"
       6: run with the stick