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How to pronounce cradle in English?

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Synonyms birthplace, place of origin, provenance, provenience
Type of origin, rootage, root, source, beginning
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Synonyms rocker
Type of trough
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Type of baby bed, baby's bed
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Type of birth


he was taught from the cradle never to cry.
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Type of bring up, rear, raise, parent, nurture
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Type of cut
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Type of take hold, hold


He cradles the child in his arms.
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Type of hold, take hold


He cradled the infant in his arms.
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Type of play
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Type of wash, launder


cradle gold.

Examples of cradle

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It has New Zealand's first cradle, a combination bowl, and a modern skate plaza.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Mariucci is representative of a Fullerton staff that became a cradle of coaches.
From the latimes.com
He arrived in time to cradle Jimmy in his arms as he was dying, the court heard.
From the metro.co.uk
Benghazi was the cradle of Libya's revolution last year against Muammar Gaddafi.
From the guardian.co.uk
Cairo, Egypt's 7,000 year old capital, is located in the cradle of civilization.
From the theatlantic.com
History reminds us that Massachusetts was the cradle of the American Revolution.
From the washingtontimes.com
He was shot while boarding the vessel which was in a cradle onshore for repairs.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The cradle of the Cactus League says goodbye to major league baseball this week.
From the post-gazette.com
But judging from his comment to Hamid Mir, the cradle was a fine place to start.
From the healthland.time.com
More examples
  • A baby bed with sides and rockers
  • Hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms"
  • Birthplace: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization"
  • Bring up from infancy
  • Hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms"
  • Birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
  • Cradle is a popular Malay rock band from Singapore that was formed in 1995 by four well-known musicians in the music industry at that time. The group was well known on both sides of Singapore and Malaysia for being the Malay equivalent of American grunge bands back when grunge music was popular.
  • The cradle (also known as aerial cradle or casting cradle) is a type of aerial circus act in which a performer hangs by his or her knees from a large rectangular frame and swings, tosses, and catches another performer. ...
  • A cradle is an agricultural tool, a form of the scythe, used to reap grain. It is a scythe with an arrangement of fingers attached to the snath, snathe or snaith (handle), such that the cut grain falls upon the fingers and can be cleanly laid down in a row for collection.