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1.verbTo contain in or as if in a cradle.
2.verbTo rock (a baby to sleep).
3.verbTo wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively."cradling the injured man’s head in her arms"
4.verbTo lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
5.verbTo nurse or train in infancy.
6.verbTo rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
7.verbTo cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
8.verbTo transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
9.verbTo put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
10.nounThe act by which one cradles a child etc.
11.nounThe act of using a cradle (the tool).
12.noun(coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
13.nounThe framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.