Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - cradle
Cradle
cradle
n. & v. --n. 1 a a child's bed or cot, esp. one mounted on rockers. b a place in which a thing begins, esp. a civilization etc., or is nurtured in its infancy (cradle of choral singing; cradle of democracy). 2 a framework resembling a cradle, esp.: a that on which a ship, a boat, etc., rests during construction or repairs. b that on which a worker is suspended to work on a ceiling, a ship, the vertical side of a building, etc. c the part of a telephone on which the receiver rests when not in use. --v.tr. 1 contain or shelter as if in a cradle (cradled his head in her arms). 2 place in a cradle. Phrases and idioms cradle-snatcher sl. a person amorously attached to a much younger person. cradle-song a lullaby. from the cradle from infancy. from the cradle to the grave from infancy till death (esp. of State welfare). Etymology: OE cradol, perh. rel. to OHG kratto basket
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English cradel, from Old English cradol; perhaps akin to Old High German kratto basket, Sanskrit grantha knot Date: before 12th century 1. a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots, a framework or support suggestive of a baby's ~: as, a framework of bars and rods, the support for a telephone receiver or handset, an implement with rods like fingers attached to a scythe and used formerly for harvesting grain, a frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with an injured part of the body, 2. the earliest period of life ; infancy , a place of origin , a rocking device used in panning for gold, II. verb (~d; cradling) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to place or keep in or as if in a ~, shelter, rear, to support protectively or intimately , to cut (grain) with a ~ scythe, to place, raise, support, or transport on a ~, intransitive verb to rest in or as if in a ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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