'cradle' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'cradle' with 4 example sentences.
- cradle noun
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: a baby bed with sides and rockers
: where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
: birth of a person
: 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
- cradle verb
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: hold gently and carefully
: bring up from infancy
: hold or place in or as if in a cradle
: cut grain with a cradle scythe
: wash in a cradle
: run with the stick
Greece was the cradle of western civilization.
The baby fell asleep in the cradle.
What is learned in the cradle is carried to the tomb.
Hope is the walking stick, from the cradle to the grave.