cradle

Definition

  • noun: a bed for a baby that is usually designed to rock back and forth when pushed gently
  • noun: a bed or cot for a baby usually on rockers or pivots
  • verb: to hold (something or someone) gently in your arms or hands
  • verb: to place or keep in or as if in a cradle
  • sometimes used figuratively
  • synonyms: rocker, rest

Examples

  • She was 'cradling' the injured man's head in her arms.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) (BOYS MUTTERING) (GAVEL BANGING) Stand down, Mr. Slade! I'm not finished. As I came in here, I heard those words, "cradle of leadership." Well, "when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall," and it has fallen here. It has fallen. Makers of men, creators of leaders. Be careful what kind of leaders (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman
  • (..) Our alumni receive their bulletins in ashrams in India and in palaces in Jordan. We are, in fact, known around the world as the cradle of this country's leadership. -A beacon in the... -What are you doing here? Got room for me up there, Charlie? But today we are bleeding from disrespect. (..)
    1992 Scent of a Woman