1 a small bed for a baby which can be pushed gently from side to side:
She rocked the baby to sleep in its cradle.
2 [usuallysing.] ~ of sth the place where sth important began:
Greece, the cradle of Western civilization
3 (BrE) a small platform that can be moved up and down the outside of a high building, used by people cleaning windows, etc.
4 the part of a telephone on which the RECEIVER rests
IDIOMS
from the cradle to the grave a way of referring to the whole of a person's life, from birth until death
verb [VN] to hold sb/sth gently in your arms or hands:
The old man cradled the tiny baby in his arms.
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