n.
1.a baby bed with sides and rockers
2.where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
3.birth of a person
4.a trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold cradle v.
1.hold gently and carefully
2.bring up from infancy
3.hold or place in or as if in a cradle
4.cut grain with a cradle scythe
5.wash in a cradle
6.run with the stick
Idiom of the Day
force (someone) to the wall
to push someone to an extreme position
The company forced the union to the wall during the negotiations for the new contract.