ALL meanings of cradling
cra·dling
C c - noun cradling a framework of iron or wood, esp as used in the construction of a ceiling 3
- noun cradling A wooden or iron framework, typically one used as a structural support in a ceiling. 1
- noun cradling a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers. 1
- noun cradling any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for the handset of a telephone. 1
- noun cradling the place where anything is nurtured during its early existence: Boston was the cradle of the American Revolution. 1
- noun cradling Agriculture. a frame of wood with a row of long curved teeth projecting above and parallel to a scythe, for laying grain in bunches as it is cut. a scythe together with the cradle in which it is set. 1
- noun cradling a wire or wicker basket used to hold a wine bottle in a more or less horizontal position while the wine is being served. 1
- noun cradling Artillery. the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides. 1
- noun cradling a landing platform for ferryboats, rolling on inclined tracks to facilitate loading and unloading at different water levels. 1
- noun cradling Aeronautics. a docklike structure in which a rigid or semirigid airship is built or is supported during inflation. 1
- noun cradling Automotive. creeper (def 6). 1
- noun cradling Nautical. a shaped support for a boat, cast, etc.; chock. truss (def 9). 1
- noun cradling Shipbuilding. a moving framework on which a hull slides down the ways when launched. a built-up form on which plates of irregular form are shaped. 1
- noun cradling Medicine/Medical. a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient. 1
- noun cradling Mining. a box on rockers for washing sand or gravel to separate gold or other heavy metal. 1
- noun cradling an engraver's tool for laying mezzotint grounds. 1
- noun cradling Painting. a structure of wooden strips attached to the back of a panel, used as a support and to prevent warping. 1
- verb with object cradling to hold gently or protectively. 1
- verb with object cradling to place or rock in or as in an infant's cradle. 1
- verb with object cradling to nurture during infancy. 1
- verb with object cradling to receive or hold as a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradling to cut (grain) with a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradling to place (a vessel) on a cradle. 1
- verb with object cradling Mining. to wash (sand or gravel) in a cradle; rock. 1
- verb with object cradling Painting. to support (a panel) with a cradle. 1
- verb without object cradling to lie in or as if in a cradle. 1
- verb without object cradling to cut grain with a cradle scythe. 1
- idioms cradling rob the cradle, Informal. to marry, court, or date a person much younger than oneself. 1
- noun cradling The act by which one cradles a child etc. 0
- noun cradling The act of using a cradle (the tool). 0
- noun cradling (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped. 0
- noun cradling (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. 0
- verb cradling present participle of cradle. 0