English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "wieg" is 'n klein bedjie vir 'n baba, tipies een wat wieg. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n raamwerk, tipies van hout of metaal, wat gebruik word om iets te ondersteun of op te hang, soos 'n boot of 'n telefoonontvanger. As 'n werkwoord beteken "wieg" om sagkens en beskermend vas te hou, asof in 'n wieg, of om te ondersteun en te keer dat dit val of skud. Dit kan ook beteken om van kleins af te koester of groot te maak of om versigtig of beskermend in of asof in 'n wieg te plaas.

Sentence Examples

  1. I pick up the receiver then put it back in the cradle.
  2. The baby cried, cried, cried some more, cried herself silly in her cradle of tangled wood and rope.
  3. First, my advocate, being practiced almost from the cradle in defending falsehood, is quite out of his element when he would argue for right, which, being unnatural to him, he attempts with great awkwardness, if not with ill will.
  4. I tried to reach up, to cradle my throbbing skull, but my fingers barely twitched.
  5. But as I hung up, I dropped the receiver before it was set in the cradle.
  6. The cradle was put into a small drawer of a cabinet, and the drawer placed upon a hanging shelf for fear of the rats.
  7. Confessions are for clergymen ordained to cradle a troubled soul.
  8. Cam dug his fingers into her back muscles, and tugged her hips into the cradle of his, showing her exactly what she did to him.
  9. The limbs of the giant oak seemed to cradle it in its arms.
  10. He pressed her hips into the cradle of his, and when her breasts flattened against his chest, a shiver of pleasure zipped straight up his spine.