cradle
1. [ verb ] hold gently and carefully
Examples:

"He cradles the child in his arms"

Related terms: hold
2. [ noun ] (housing) a baby bed with sides and rockers
Related terms: baby_bed rocker
3. [ noun ] where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Synonyms: place_of_origin provenance birthplace
Examples:

"the birthplace of civilization"

Related terms: beginning
4. [ verb ] rock or place in or as if in a cradle
Synonyms: rock
Examples:

"He cradled the infant in his arms"

Related terms: hold move_back_and_forth
5. [ noun ] a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
Synonyms: rocker
Related terms: trough
6. [ verb ] (games) run with the stick, in Lacrosse
Related terms: play lacrosse
7. [ verb ] cut grain with a cradle scythe
Related terms: cut
8. [ verb ] bring up from infancy
Related terms: rear
9. [ verb ] wash in a cradle; of gold
Related terms: wash
10. [ noun ] birth of a person
Examples:

"he was taught from the cradle never to cry"

Related terms: birth
Similar spelling:   Credle
  Criddle
  credal
  crudely
  crottle
  Crittle
  crude_oil
  credulous
  credulity