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cradle noun

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • 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.
 ви́лка, гнездо́, рыча́г
  • (figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
 колыбе́ль
  • (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
 колыбе́ль, колыбель
  • A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
 колыбе́ль, лю́лька

cradle verb

  /ˈkɹeɪdəl/
  • (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep).
 баю́кать, убаю́кать, ука́чивать, укача́ть
from the cradle to the grave
от колыбели до гроба
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