to cradle

Examples

• All

• She left the lake cradled on wooden supports, atop an iron platform that traveled on tracks.

  Academic text (2002)

• The mere sight of a circular blade cradled in a handle holds no mystery as to its use; however, the story of its evolution is far more layered.

  Blog text (1)

• As she watched through the glass, she got the impression Candy was arguing; her hands gave her away—she cradled the phone between her cheek and shoulder to gesture as if the caller could actually see her.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The miners cradle the gravel in the rocking device to wash away impurities and separate the gold.

• To extract the gold efficiently, they cradle the mixture in a box-like trough while pouring water over it.

• Using a technique from the past, they learned to cradle the gold-rich gravel through a small wooden device.

Idioms

F

from the cradle to the grave

• Informal

2 4.0

Lasts from a person's birth to their death

R

to rob the cradle

• NSFW

2 8.7

Date or marry someone much younger, often seen as wrong by others

Compounds

C

cradle-to-grave

5 7.3

Lasting for a person's whole life or for the whole time something exists

C

cat's cradle

1 8.1

A children's game using a loop of string to make shapes or a tangled situation

C

cradle cap

1 5.8

A patch of yellow, greasy, scaly skin on a baby's scalp

C

cradle robber

• Offensive

8.8

A person who dates someone much younger than them

C

cradle snatcher

• Offensive

8.7

A person who dates someone much younger

S

sea cradle

• Specialized

9.9

A sea animal with a shell of eight hard plates that clings to rocks

How Thoroughly

to refine

• Specialized

41 3.9

to process

388 3.0

to sluice

• Specialized

1 7.4

to cradle

• Archaic

9.8

to pan

• Specialized

3 7.7

Surface Forms

Etymology