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noun

• a baby bed with sides and rockers

• where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence

• birth of a person

• 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

verb

• hold gently and carefully

• bring up from infancy

• hold or place in or as if in a cradle

• cut grain with a cradle scythe

• wash in a cradle

• run with the stick

30%9 Behaving responsibly and protectively towards one's spouse.
adjective

• befitting or characteristic of a husband

adjective satellite

• related to or suited to a husband

30%8Protectively and softly
adverb

• with tenderness; in a tender manner

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