cradle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a baby bed with sides and rockers
Types & categories
- baby bed hypernym
Parts & wholes
- rocker part meronym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
hold gently and carefully
He cradles the child in his arms
Types & categories
- hold hypernym
Related & opposite
- cradle derivation
Sense 3 noun
where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
the birthplace of civilization
Types & categories
- source hypernym
Sense 4 verb
bring up from infancy
Types & categories
- parent hypernym
Sense 5 noun
birth of a person
he was taught from the cradle never to cry
Types & categories
- birth hypernym
Sense 6 verb
hold or place in or as if in a cradle
He cradled the infant in his arms
Types & categories
- hold hypernym
Related & opposite
- cradle derivation
Sense 7 noun
a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold
Types & categories
- trough hypernym
Related & opposite
- cradle derivation
Sense 8 verb
cut grain with a cradle scythe
Types & categories
- cut hypernym
Sense 9 verb
wash in a cradle
cradle gold
Types & categories
- launder hypernym
Related & opposite
- cradle derivation
Sense 10 verb
run with the stick
Types & categories
- play hypernym
Related & opposite
- lacrosse domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rocker |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | baby bed |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | source |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | parent |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | birth |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | hold |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | trough |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | cradle |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | launder |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | lacrosse |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | play |