cradle
🇺🇸
/ˈkreɪdl/
🇬🇧
/ˈkreɪdl/
noun
R
a small bed for a baby that rocks gently
The baby slept soundly in the cradle.
R
the place where something important started
The cradle of democracy is ancient Greece.
R
a small platform that moves up and down a building for cleaning windows
The workers used a cradle to clean the tall building's windows.
R
the part of a phone where the handset rests
He placed the phone back in its cradle.
verb
R
to hold something gently in your arms or hands
She cradled the baby in the soft cradle.
translation
a small bed for a baby that rocks gently; the place where something important started; a small platform that moves up and down a building for cleaning windows; the part of a phone where the handset rests
to hold something gently in your arms or hands
Word Forms
3rd Present
cradles
Past
cradled
Perfect
cradled
Progressive
cradling
Plural
cradles