transcription, транскрипция: [ kreɪd(ə)l ]
( cradles, cradling, cradled)
1.
A cradle is a baby’s bed with high sides. Cradles often have curved bases so that they rock from side to side.
= crib
N-COUNT
2.
The cradle is the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests while it is not being used.
I dropped the receiver back in the cradle.
N-COUNT
3.
A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something.
He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.
N-COUNT
4.
A place that is referred to as the cradle of something is the place where it began.
Mali is the cradle of some of Africa’s richest civilizations.
N-COUNT : usu sing , the N of n
5.
If you cradle someone or something in your arms or hands, you hold them carefully and gently.
I cradled her in my arms...
He was sitting at the big table cradling a large bowl of milky coffee.
VERB : V n in n , V n
6.
If something affects you from the cradle to the grave , it affects you throughout your life.
The bond of brotherhood was one to last from the cradle to the grave.
PHRASE : PHR after v