n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: cra · dled ; cra · dling \ ' kr ā d-li ŋ , ' kr ā -d ə l-i ŋ \
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 a : to place or keep in or as if in a cradle b : SHELTER , REAR c : to support protectively or intimately < cradling the injured man's head in her arms>
2 : to cut (grain) with a cradle scythe
3 : to place, raise, support, or transport on a cradle
intransitive verb obsolete : to rest in or as if in a cradle