cradled
past simple and past participle ofcradle
cradle
verb[T]
uk/ˈkreɪ.dəl/us/ˈkreɪ.dəl/toholdsomething or someonegently,especiallybysupportingwith thearms:
She cradled himtenderlyinherarms.
to hold someone or something
- holdCan you hold this for a moment?
- claspHe reached out to clasp her hand.
- gripThe baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
- clutchSilent and pale, she clutched her mother's hand.
- clingOne little girl was clinging onto a cuddly toy.
- hang onThe child was hanging on to her mother's skirt.
Having in your hands
- ahold
- arm
- chokehold
- clasp
- clench
- cling
- cup
- dandle
- grasp
- grip
- hand in handidiom
- handle
- hang
- hang on
- hang/hold on like grim deathidiom
- nurse
- onto
- purchase
- seize
- taken
Examplesofcradled
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In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
This industry must becradledand cherished through the tax system like any other given industry on which national welfare directly depends.
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But where people have been for centuriescradledin a more primitive culture the effect may be something quite different.
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Here where we sit today parliamentary democracy had its genesis,cradledin the care and fostered by the faith of our forefathers.
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They would do something more than let their parents down; they would let down the movement in which they werecradled.
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Itcradledthe iron and steel industry; itcradledcoal production; and itcradledgreat engineering work.
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Shecradledhim in her arms until he died.
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Parliament is the vessel in which the liberties of the people arecradledand protected.
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Now here, where these great principles werecradled, we feel that they of which we were the proud pioneers are under some challenge here at home.
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The index and middle finger typically guide the shaft, while the handle iscradledin the palm.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The top left section depicts an acorncradledin the leaves of an oak tree.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hecradledhis dead friends in his arms and told them that all he wanted was another tea party as his domain crumbles around him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.During these seven years, she never left him, shecradledhim, took care of him, dressed him, comforted him, scolded him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The lyre was held orcradledin one arm and hand and plucked with the other hand.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He stood in front of the curtain andcradledthe rabbit like a baby.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is similar to the othercradledgongs in the gamelan, the kethuk, kempyang, and kenong.
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