to cradle
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4.1
- verb
- /ˈkreɪdəl/
:
acunar
- The EMT, trained to recognize the signs of shock, cradled my head and took my hand away from my side.
- cradle a baby
- cradle in one's hands
But when my mom needed someone to hug her and cradle her like a baby, that was tough.
- But when my mom needed someone to hug her and cradle her like a baby, that was tough.
- They sit there mocking me as I drunkenly cradle myself to sleep, cold and alone in my pathetic excuse of an apartment.
- The more it cradles a resting body, the more comfortable the chair will be that we don't have to do all the cuts.
- I just just think I'd feel safe cradle in those burly tattooed arms.
- But not your mum Cradled you like a baby.
- God, just, it cradles everything so nice.
- See, at the beginning of the painting she cradles her viscera, a small window hovering in front of her head.
- But the granny actually cradled her, and she could have had DNA transference, but she washed all her clothes and her clothes weren't taken.
- It's a goddamn holiday miracle that there's an underwear that can actually cradle my supple childlike ball sack.
- That jewel pouch is designed to cradle them nuts or nut if you had cancer and they line them a perforated performance fabric.
Examples
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She is cradling her child, who must be Britannicus, Claudius's son.
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But when my mom needed someone to hug her and cradle her like a baby, that was tough.
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That way, they cradle the patient's arm.
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We used to do this thing where we would cradle her in our arms.
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Lying together afterward, it seemed natural for him to cradle my head on his chest.
Fiction book (1991) -
Our hero cradles his partner like a father would his child.
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Orderly, gently, cradle them down.
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Meath flung the knife down and cradled Sioned in his arms.
Fiction book (1992) -
His aged hands, full of grime and pain and hard labor, gently, so gently, cradled my baby's bottom and stroked his back.
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She cradled the baby gently in her arms to keep him calm.
Synonyms
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1.0
To hold someone tightly in your arms to show care
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2.8
To hold someone tightly to show affection
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1.0
Holding someone close in your arms to show love or comfort
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2.6
To hold a person or thing tightly with your hands
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3.7
To rest your head on a soft cushion for comfort
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Etymology
Cradle comes from an old English word cradol that meant 'little bed'. It became a verb for holding and rocking something gently, so to cradle something is to support it carefully like a baby.