1syllable
cradling
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Definitions ofcradling
1verb
- To contain in or as if in a cradle.
- To rock (a baby to sleep).
- To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
Example: "cradling the injured man’s head in her arms"
- To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
- To nurse or train in infancy.
- To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
- To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
- To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
- To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
1noun
- The act by which one cradles a child etc.
- The act of using a cradle (the tool).
- (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.
- The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
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