I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
cat's cradle
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The searchlights wove a cat’s cradle of light.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
rock
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If she cried he rocked the cradle and sang to her tunelessly.
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She rocked the cradle and in a moment the babies were asleep.
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Even when she strokes my inner thigh, back and forth like rocking a cradle , I hardly notice what she is doing.
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I was born on the crest of a wave and rocked in the cradle of the deep.
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We are aware of this in other situations, and so commonly rock the cradles and prams of babies.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
rob the cradle
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Why did Bob persist in attempting to rob the cradle?
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Ancient Athens is generally thought of as the cradle of democracy.
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Baghdad, the cradle of civilization
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The baby rested peacefully in his cradle .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He put the phone down on the cradle and stared at it.
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I curse myself for not strangling you in your cradle .
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In it was a single bed and also the cradle in which she and Jessie had lain many years ago.
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Jane put Chantal down in her makeshift cradle in the corner and hastily tidied herself up.
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Out of nowhere came a gold incense cradle .
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When the telephone rang, it was like a rude interruption into a special cradle of time.
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When we hear Frau Braun coming, I hastily drop the gauze over the cradle and hide behind the partition.
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Yearning made a warm cradle in her stomach.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
baby
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Mum Debbie ran for cover cradling her baby as the firework sent a shower of fire towards bonfire night revellers in Litherland.
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She was cradling a baby in her dream, an infant with big brown eyes.
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Her hair was cut aggressively short, accentuating the sharp point of her jaw and she was cradling a very small baby .
hand
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Her hands lifted to cradle his head, and hold him against her, her fingers raking through the crisp dark hair.
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Her right elbow rests on the right arm of her chair, and her right hand cradles her small, inward-looking face.
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She felt the soldier's hand gently cradle her face.
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Her hand now cradled a tiny canister; what a conjuror she could be.
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In the kitchen, with her hands cradling his.
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Zeke's big hands cradle the ball on the artificial turf, the laces facing away from the kicker.
head
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Her hands lifted to cradle his head , and hold him against her, her fingers raking through the crisp dark hair.
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Roy sits cradling her head in both hands.
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Once she was seated, he put his arms around her, cradling her fair head against his chest.
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She cradled his head in her hands and kissed him on the forehead.
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Fitzormonde still sat, cradling his head in his hands.
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She cradles his head in her arms.
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Seemingly familiar with the routine, she cradled my head in her arms in a practised manner and stood waiting.
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Kindly Grimm cradles my head , as I cradled him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His arm was cradled in a sling.
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Tamara was safely cradled in her mother's arms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But next instant, he came closer and his fingers cradled her face, the box in her hands keeping them apart.
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I cradled the bottom of the paper bag containing my lamb chops.
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I scissored my legs closed, wanting to keep my child cradled within me, safe.
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Inside, John lay cradling a pillow in the dark.
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Once she was seated, he put his arms around her, cradling her fair head against his chest.
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She felt the soldier's hand gently cradle her face.
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Sitting down beside her, Michele pulled her on to his knee, cradling her as one would a child.
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The elements it cradles are in a dynamic equilibrium with the cycling composition of the atmosphere and water and biosphere.