Definition of crib Crib
/kɹɪˈb/ - [krib] - crib
We found 56 definitions of crib from 8 different sources.
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British English
cot - /kˈɒt/
American English
crib - /kɹɪˈb/
What does crib mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: cribs |
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| crib - a bin or granary for storing grains | ||
| bin a container; usually has a lid | ||
| garner, granary a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | ||
| crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage | ||
| playing card one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games | ||
| crib - baby bed with high sides made of slats | ||
| cot | ||
| crib - a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two | ||
| cribbage | ||
| card game, cards a game played with playing cards | ||
| crib - a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) | ||
| pony, trot | ||
| interlingual rendition, version, rendering, translation manual turning of a fetus in the uterus (usually to aid delivery) | ||
Verb |
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| crib - use a crib, as in an exam | ||
| chisel, cheat carve with a chisel; "chisel the marble" | ||
| crib - take unauthorized (intellectual material) | ||
| plagiarise, plagiarize, lift take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | ||
| criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, crime, offence, offense (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" | ||
| crib - line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole" | ||
| line reinforce with fabric; "lined books are more enduring" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- crib (Noun)
A baby’s bed British and Australasian cot with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet. - crib (Noun)
A bed for a child older than a baby. - crib (Noun)
A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel. - crib (Noun)
A wicker basket; compare Moses basket . - crib (Noun)
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay. - crib (Noun)
The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or Nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi. - crib (Noun)
A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib . - crib (Noun)
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals. - crib (Noun)
A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle. - crib (Noun)
A job, a position; British, an appointment. - crib (Noun)
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation. - crib (Noun)
One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. - crib (Noun)
A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing. - crib (Noun)
A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet . - crib (Noun)
A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent. - crib (Noun)
Short for the card game cribbage. - crib (Noun)
The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer. - crib (Noun)
A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections. - crib (Noun)
A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction. - crib (Noun)
A packed lunch taken to work. - crib (Verb)
To place or confine in a crib. - crib (Verb)
To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet . - crib (Verb)
To install timber supports, as with cribbing. - crib (Verb)
To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of: petty thieving. - crib (Verb)
To complain, to grumble. - crib (Verb)
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations. - crib (Verb)
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- crib (n.)
A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. - crib (n.)
A stall for oxen or other cattle. - crib (n.)
A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. - crib (n.)
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. - crib (n.)
A hovel; a hut; a cottage. - crib (n.)
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. - crib (n.)
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. - crib (n.)
A small raft of timber. - crib (n.)
A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. - crib (n.)
A miner's luncheon. - crib (n.)
The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage. - crib (v. t.)
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. - crib (v. t.)
To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. - crib (v. i.)
To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. - crib (v. i.)
To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. - crib (v. i.)
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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crib
Depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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krib, n. the rack or manger of a stable: a stall for oxen: a child's bed; a small cottage or hovel, a confined place: (coll.) a translation of a classic baldly literal, for lazy schoolboys.—v.t. to put away in a crib, confine: to pilfer: to plagiarise:—pr.p. crib′bing; pa.p. cribbed.—n. Crib′-bit′ing, a vicious habit of horses, consisting in biting the manger. [A.S. crib; Ger. krippe.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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crib
A small berth in a packet.
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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A house. To crack a crib: to break open a house.
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