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cradle noun

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
  • (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
 wieg
  • (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
 wieg, bakermat
  • A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
 armsteun, houder, steun
  • 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.
 haak

cradle verb

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
 wiegen
  • (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
 omhullen, omsluiten
  • (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
 omsluiten, omvatten
from the cradle to the grave
van de wieg tot het graf
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