Cradle meaning: CRADLE definition

CRADLE definition: 1. a small bed for a baby, especially one that moves from side to side: 2. the object that you put…. Learn more. cradle (third-person singular simple present cradles , present participle cradling, simple past and past participle cradled) (transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle . Examples of cradle in a Sentence Noun She placed the phone back on its cradle . A number of ships were resting in their cradles in the shipyard. Verb He cradled her face in his hands. She was cradling the injured man's head in her arms. Recent Examples on the Web Noun A cradle is a frame which supports or protects something. He fixed the towing cradle round the hull.