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cradle

2 verb
     
cradle2 [transitive]
1 to hold something gently, as if to protect it:
John cradled the baby in his arms.
2 to hold a telephone receiver by putting it between your ear and your shoulder:
She hunched over the desk, telephone cradled at her neck.
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