Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cradle

plural of cradle

present participle of cradle

The act by which one cradles a child etc. / The act of using a cradle (the tool).

simple past tense and past participle of cradle

(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle. / (transitive) To rock (a baby to sleep). / (transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively. / To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.

A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots. / (figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.

plural of cradling

plural of cradleful

A number of babies that lies in a cradle. / A quantity of mined earth that is washed at one time in a cradle. / A quantity of something that is newly born or created.