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Definition of 'Crib'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) crib
a child's bed with enclosed sides.

2.  crib
a stall or pen for cattle.

3.  crib
a rack or manger for fodder.

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

5.  crib
Informal.

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

7.  crib
plagiarism.

8.  crib
a petty theft.

9.  crib
any of various cellular frameworks assembled in layers at right angles, used in construction of foundations, dams, etc.

10.  crib
a set of cards in cribbage made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.

11. (v.t.) crib
to pilfer or steal, esp. to plagiarize.

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

13.  crib
to line with timber or planking.

14. (v.i.) crib
Informal.

15.  crib
to use a crib in, esp. in examinations.

16.  crib
to steal; plagiarize.

17.  crib
(of a horse) to practice cribbing.

Etymology: (bef. 1000; ME

Definition of 'Crib'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) crib, cot
baby bed with high sides made of slats

2. (noun) pony, trot, crib
a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)

3. (noun) crib
a bin or granary for storing grains

4. (noun) crib
the cards discarded by players at cribbage

5. (verb) cribbage, crib
a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two

6. (verb) crib
use a crib, as in an exam

7. (verb) crib
take unauthorized (intellectual material)

8. (verb) crib
line with beams or planks
"crib a construction hole"

Definition of 'Crib'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) crib
a bed for a baby with bars
***The baby stood up in her crib.

2. crib
sb's house, apartment, etc.
***We hang out at his crib.

Definition of 'Crib'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Crib
a manger or rack; a feeding place for animals

2. (noun) Crib
a stall for oxen or other cattle

3. (noun) Crib
a small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child

4. (noun) Crib
a box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats

5. (noun) Crib
a hovel; a hut; a cottage

6. (noun) Crib
a structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft

7. (noun) Crib
a structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc

8. (noun) Crib
a small raft of timber

9. (noun) Crib
a small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons

10. (noun) Crib
a miner's luncheon

11. (noun) Crib
the discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage

12. (verb) Crib
to shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp

13. (verb) Crib
to pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton

14. (verb) Crib
to crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations

15. (verb) Crib
to make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination

16. (verb) Crib
to seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse

Translation of 'Crib'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a cradle.
Afrikaans: krip, wiegie	Arabic: سَرير الطِّفل	Bulgarian: кошче
Brazilian: berço	Czech: kolébka	German: die Krippe
Danish: vugge	Greek: λίκνο	Spanish: cuna
Estonian: kätki	Farsi: گهواره	Finnish: kehto
French: berceau	Hebrew: מִיטַת תִּינוֹק	Hindi: नांद, टोकरा
Croatian: kolijevka	Hungarian: bölcső	Indonesian: ayunan
Icelandic: vagga	Italian: culla	Japanese: 揺りかご
Korean: 요람	Lithuanian: lopšys	Latvian: šūpulis
Malay: palung	Dutch: wieg	Norwegian: krybbe
Polish: kołyska	Persian: گهواره	Pashto: زانګو
Portuguese: berço	Romanian: leagăn	Russian: колыбель
Slovak: kolíska	Slovenian: zibelka	Serbian: kolevka
Swedish: vagga	Thai: เปลเด็ก	Turkish: beşik
Taiwanese: 搖籃	Ukrainian: дитяче ліжко	Urdu: پلنگ‍ڑی، پالنا
Vietnamese: giường cũi của trẻ con	Chinese: 摇篮
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