CRADLING Synonyms

• the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection)

• the act of retaining something

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• the work of caring for the sick or injured or infirm

• the profession of a nurse

• nourishing at the breast

• the act of bearing the weight of or strengthening

• furnishing support and encouragement

• capable of bearing a structural load

• the act of carrying something

• move while supporting, either in a vehicle or in one's hands or on one's body

• have with oneself; have on one's person

• transmit or serve as the medium for transmission

• serve as a means for expressing something

• bear or be able to bear the weight, pressure,or responsibility of

• support or hold in a certain manner

• contain or hold; have within

• extend to a certain degree

• continue or extend

• be necessarily associated with or result in or involve

• win in an election

• include, as on a list

• behave in a certain manner

• have on hand

• include as the content; broadcast or publicize

• propel

• pass on a communication

• have as an inherent or characteristic feature or have as a consequence

• be conveyed over a certain distance

• keep up with financial support

• have or possess something abstract

• be equipped with (a mast or sail)

• win approval or support for

• compensate for a weaker partner or member by one's own performance

• take further or advance

• have on the surface or on the skin

• capture after a fight

• transfer (entries) from one account book to another

• transfer (a number, cipher, or remainder) to the next column or unit's place before or after, in addition or multiplication

• pursue a line of scent or be a bearer

• bear (a crop)

• propel or give impetus to

• drink alcohol without showing ill effects

• be able to feed

• have a certain range

• cover a certain distance or advance beyond

• secure the passage or adoption (of bills and motions)

• be successful in

• sing or play against other voices or parts

• be pregnant with

• a structure that provides privacy and protection from danger

• protective covering that provides protection from the weather

• the condition of being protected

• a way of organizing business to reduce the taxes it must pay on current earnings

• temporary housing for homeless or displaced persons

• provide shelter for

• invest (money) so that it is not taxable

• the place where someone was born

• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

• an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle

• a performer or composer or fan of rock music

• a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles

• a chair mounted on rockers

• a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold

• an ice skate with a curved blade

• a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro

• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence