Cradle and Rock

Cradle

Cradle verb - Hold or place in or as if in a cradle.

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Rock and cradle are semantically related. in hold topic. In some cases you can use "Rock" instead a verb "Cradle", when it comes to topics like nurture.

Nearby Words: cradled, cradling

Rock

Rock verb - To make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions.

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Synonyms for Rock

Antonyms for Rock

Cradle and rock are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cradle" instead a verb "Rock".

Nearby Words: rocky, rocking, rocked, rocker, rockery

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How words are described

heavy	heavy cradle	heavy rock
huge	huge cradle	huge rock
giant	giant cradle	giant rock
magical	magical cradle	magical rock

Common collocations

baby	cradle baby	rock baby
body	cradle body	rock body

Both words in one sentence

Rock a'bye baby On the tree top When the wind blows The cradle will rock When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all...

Source: Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant
Wae's me, wae's me, The acorn's not yet fallen from the tree, That's to grow the wood, That's to make the cradle, That's to rock the bairn, That's to grow to the man That's to lay me!

Source: Prophecies Are Always Right
Or, or he'd rock me cradle real, real, real hard and I'd lose me formula.

Source: Film / Popeye

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