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Lengthwise vs Cradling - What's the difference?

lengthwise | cradling |

As an adjective lengthwise

is in the long direction of an oblong object.

As an adverb lengthwise

is in the long direction of an oblong object.

As a verb cradling is

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As a noun cradling is

the act by which one cradles a child etc.

lengthwise

English

Adjective

(-)
  • In the long direction of an oblong object.
    • A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • In the long direction of an oblong object.
    • Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.

    cradling

    English

    Verb

    (head)
    • The woman was cradling the baby in the crook of her arm as she fed it.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act by which one cradles a child etc.
  • * 1967 , Stuart A. Altmann, Social communication among primates
    • About four thousand cradlings were observed among five mother-infant pairs during the first 15 weeks of each infant's life.
  • The act of using a cradle (the tool).
  • (coopering) The cutting of a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterwards united and rehooped.
  • (carpentry) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed.
    • (Knight)
    (Webster 1913)