ALL meanings of rob the cradle
rob the cra·dle
R r - noun rob the cradle a small bed for an infant, usually on rockers. 1
- noun rob the cradle any of various supports for objects set horizontally, as the support for the handset of a telephone. 1
- noun rob the cradle the place where anything is nurtured during its early existence: Boston was the cradle of the American Revolution. 1
- noun rob the cradle 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 rob the cradle 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 rob the cradle Artillery. the part of a gun carriage on which a recoiling gun slides. 1
- noun rob the cradle a landing platform for ferryboats, rolling on inclined tracks to facilitate loading and unloading at different water levels. 1
- noun rob the cradle Aeronautics. a docklike structure in which a rigid or semirigid airship is built or is supported during inflation. 1
- noun rob the cradle Automotive. creeper (def 6). 1
- noun rob the cradle Nautical. a shaped support for a boat, cast, etc.; chock. truss (def 9). 1
- noun rob the cradle 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 rob the cradle Medicine/Medical. a frame that prevents the bedclothes from touching an injured part of a bedridden patient. 1
- noun rob the cradle Mining. a box on rockers for washing sand or gravel to separate gold or other heavy metal. 1
- noun rob the cradle an engraver's tool for laying mezzotint grounds. 1
- noun rob the cradle 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 rob the cradle to hold gently or protectively. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle to place or rock in or as in an infant's cradle. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle to nurture during infancy. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle to receive or hold as a cradle. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle to cut (grain) with a cradle. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle to place (a vessel) on a cradle. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle Mining. to wash (sand or gravel) in a cradle; rock. 1
- verb with object rob the cradle Painting. to support (a panel) with a cradle. 1
- verb without object rob the cradle to lie in or as if in a cradle. 1
- verb without object rob the cradle to cut grain with a cradle scythe. 1
- idioms rob the cradle rob the cradle, Informal. to marry, court, or date a person much younger than oneself. 1
- noun rob the cradle to take as one's sweetheart or one's spouse a person much younger than oneself 0