cradle a child in arms

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• cradle — 1 noun (C) 1 BED a small bed for a baby, especially one that you can move gently from side to side: She rocked the cradle to quieten the child. 2 the cradle of the place where something important began: Athens is often regarded as the cradle of… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• cradle — cra|dle1 [ˈkreıdl] n [: Old English; Origin: cradol] 1.) a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves gently from side to side →↑cot ▪ She rocked the cradle to quieten the child. 2.) the cradle of sth formal the place where something… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cradle — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Cradle is used before these nouns: ↑Catholic {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ gently ▪ He picked the child up and gently cradled him in his arms. PREPOSITION ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• 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 …   Useful english dictionary

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• rock — rock1 [räk] n. [ME rokke < OFr roche < ML rocca] 1. a large mass of stone forming a peak or cliff 2. a) a large stone detached from the mass; boulder b) broken pieces of any size of such stone c) any stone, large or small …   English World dictionary

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