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uncradling

uncradling is the present participle and gerund of uncradle.

Meaning of uncradle

Verb

uncradle (third-person singular simple present uncradles, present participle uncradling, simple past and past participle uncradled)

  1. (transitive) To remove from a cradle.
    • She worries about a phone call, whether to uncradle the receiver now, or to answer it when it rings.2001, Clark Blaise, Pittsburgh Stories, page 65

Questions about uncradling

What is uncradling the present participle and gerund of?
Uncradling is the present participle and gerund of uncradle.

Words near uncradling in the dictionary

  1. uncracked
  2. uncrackled
  3. uncradle
  4. uncradled
  5. uncradles
  6. uncradling
  7. uncraftable
  8. uncraftables
  9. uncrafted
  10. uncraftily
  11. uncraftiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncradling (page history and authors); uncradle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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