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a baby bed with sides and rockers hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms" cut grain with a cradle scythe wash in a cradle; "cradle gold" hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms" run with the stick birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry" bring up from infancy where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization" a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold |
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