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crib

[krib]

noun

  1. a child's bed with enclosed sides.

  2. a stall or pen for cattle.

  3. a rack or manger for fodder, as in a stable or barn.

  4. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.

  5. Informal.

    1. a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony.

    2. plagiarism.

    3. a petty theft.

  6. a room, closet, etc., in a factory or the like, in which tools are kept and issued to workers.

  7. a shallow, separate section of a bathing area, reserved for small children.

  8. any confined space.

  9. Slang.a house, shop, etc., frequented by thieves or regarded by thieves as a likely place for burglarizing.

  10. Building Trades, Civil Engineering.any of various cellular frameworks of logs, squared timbers, or steel or concrete objects of similar form assembled in layers at right angles, often filled with earth and stones and used in the construction of foundations, dams, retaining walls, etc.

  11. a barrier projecting part of the way into a river and then upward, acting to reduce the flow of water and as a storage place for logs being floated downstream.

  12. a lining for a well or other shaft.

  13. Slang.one's home; pad.

  14. Cribbage.a set of cards made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.

  15. a cheap, ill-kept brothel.

  16. a wicker basket.

  17. British, Australian.lunch, especially a cold lunch carried from home to work and eaten by a laborer on the job; snack.



verb (used with object)

cribbed, cribbing 
  1. Informal.to pilfer or steal, especially to plagiarize (another's writings or ideas).

  2. to confine in or as if in a crib.

  3. to provide with a crib or cribs.

  4. to line with timber or planking.

verb (used without object)

cribbed, cribbing 
  1. Informal.

    1. to use a crib in examinations, homework, translating, etc.

    2. to steal; plagiarize.

  2. (of a horse) to practice cribbing.

crib

/ ɪ /

noun

  1. a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot

  2. a cattle stall or pen

  3. a fodder rack or manger

  4. a bin or granary for storing grain, etc

  5. a small crude cottage or room

  6. informala house or residence

  7. a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only

  8. any small confined space

  9. informala brothel

  10. a wicker basket

  11. a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth

  12. informala theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts

  13. Also called (esp US): pony.informala translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc

  14. short for cribbage

  15. cribbage the discard pile

  16. Also called: cribwork.a framework of heavy timbers laid in layers at right angles to one another, used in the construction of foundations, mines, etc

  17. a storage area for floating logs contained by booms

  18. a packed lunch taken to work

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. (tr) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib

  2. informal(tr) to steal (another's writings or thoughts)

  3. informal(intr) to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination

  4. (tr) to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks

  5. informal(intr) to grumble

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • uncrib verb (used with object)
  • ˈ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crib1

before 1000; Middle English cribbe, Old English crib ( b ); cognate with Dutch krib, German Krippe; è
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of crib1

Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German ŧ basket
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When Heard announced the birth of her first daughter in 2021, she spoke about her desire for it to be "normalised to not want a ring in order to have a crib".

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And they collected all of their first-time parenting materials like cribs and strollers secondhand.

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The basilica also hosts what is said to be a relic of Jesus's crib and an icon of Mary, to whom Pope Francis would pray to asking for protection before a journey.

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"It may be that staff didn't attach a card or tag immediately, or that it simply fell off and was put back on the wrong baby or on the wrong crib."

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A few floors below, Gemma dons the outfit she wore the last time she saw her husband and walks into the room, which is all white and empty except for a crib.

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