cradle
noun
/ˈkɹeɪdəl/
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- A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
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kehto,
kätkyt
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- (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
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kehto,
synnyinsija
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- A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
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alusta,
lavetti
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- An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
- A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
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kannatin
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- (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
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kehto
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- A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
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lasta
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- (nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
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pelastustuoli
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cradle
verb
/ˈkɹeɪdəl/
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- (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
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kääriä,
pidellä
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- (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
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liekuttaa,
tuudittaa
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- (lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
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veivata
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