cradles

Meanings

Noun

• a baby bed with sides and rockers
• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
• birth of a person
• 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
• plural of cradle

Verb

• 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
• cut grain with a cradle scythe
• wash in a cradle
• run with the stick
• third-person singular simple present indicative of cradle

Synonyms

birthplace, cradle, place of origin, provenance, provenience, rocker