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cradled

cradled is the simple past and past participle of cradle.

Meaning of cradle

Verb

cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles, present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled)

  1. (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
  2. (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
  3. (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
    • cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
  4. To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
  5. To nurse or train in infancy.
    • He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.1665, Joseph Glanvill, Scepsis Scientifica: Or, Confest Ignorance, the Way to Science; […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC
  6. To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.

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Words formed from cradled

Questions about cradled

What is cradled the simple past and past participle of?
Cradled is the simple past and past participle of cradle.

Words near cradled in the dictionary

  1. cradle-to-cradle design
  2. cradle-to-cradle designs
  3. cradle-to-grave
  4. cradleboard
  5. cradleboards
  6. cradled
  7. cradleful
  8. cradlefuls
  9. cradlehood
  10. cradlehoods
  11. cradleland

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