Definition of cradle

The noun cradle has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

(a baby bed with sides and rockers)

(where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence; "the birthplace of civilization")

(birth of a person; "he was taught from the cradle never to cry")

(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)

The verb cradle has 6 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

(hold gently and carefully; "He cradles the child in his arms")

(bring up from infancy)

(hold or place in or as if in a cradle; "He cradled the infant in his arms")

(cut grain with a cradle scythe)

(wash in a cradle; "cradle gold")

(run with the stick)