cradle


Meanings

  • a baby bed with sides and rockers
  • where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;
  • birth of a person;
    • "he was taught from the cradle never to cry"
  • 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
  • hold gently and carefully;
    • "He cradles the child in his arms"
  • bring up from infancy
  • hold or place in or as if in a cradle;
    • "He cradled the infant in his arms"
  • cut grain with a cradle scythe
  • wash in a cradle;
    • "cradle gold"
  • run with the stick
  • CRADLE v -DLED, -DLING, -DLES to nurture during infancy


Scrabble Score: 9

cradle is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

cradle is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

cradle is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

cradle is a valid Words With Friends word