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   crib

   /krɪb/

   noun

   • 1. a child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot: North American "tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child" Similar cradlebassinetMoses basketcotcarrycot
   • ▪ a barred container or rack for animal fodder; a manger. Similar mangerstalltroughfeeding troughbinboxrackfodder rackbunkercontainerreceptacle
   • ▪ a model of the Nativity of Christ, with a manger as a bed: British "a choir was singing carols by a crib"
   • 2. a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way: informal "an English crib of Caesar's Gallic Wars" Similar translationkeyguide
   • ▪ a thing that has been plagiarized: "is the song a crib from Mozart's ‘Don Giovanni’?" Similar copyplagiarismplagiarizationreproductionreplicaduplicationimitationinformal:piraterip-offknock-offdupe
   • 3. a person's apartment or house: informal North American "there's a chance you might not get back to your crib tonight" Similar houseapartmentpenthousecottagebungalowliving quartersquartersaccommodationhomeresidenceabodeplaceflathome unitinformal:padarchaic:cot
   • 4. short for cribbage
   • ▪ the cards discarded by the players at cribbage, counting to the dealer.
   • 5. a heavy timber framework used in foundations for a building or to line a mineshaft.
   • 6. a light meal; a snack: Australian, New Zealand "I was carrying my crib in a paper bag"

   verb

   • 1. copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement: informal "he was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him"
   • ▪ steal: archaic "a brace of birds and hare, that I cribbed this morning out of a basket of game"
   • 2. restrain: archaic "he had been so cabined, cribbed, and confined by office"
   • 3. grumble: dated British, Indian "those guys have nothing to crib about"

   Word Origin Old English (in the sense ‘manger’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch krib, kribbe and German Krippe.

   Derivatives

   • 1. cribber noun

   Scrabble Points: 8

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   What does a crib mean?

   • A small bed with high sides, for a baby. A small house or room. A framework or enclosure as for storing grain. To have the habit of crib biting. To shut up in or as in a crib; confine. To furnish with a crib or cribs. To do schoolwork dishonestly, as by using a crib. To plagiarize (an idea or answer, for example).

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   What does crib mean in a sentence?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... The meaning of CRIB is a manger for feeding animals. How to use crib in a sentence.

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   Where does the word crib come from?

   • From Middle English crib, cribbe, from Old English crib, cryb, cribb, crybb (“couch, bed; manger, stall”), from Proto-Germanic *kribjǭ (“crib, wickerwork”), from Proto-Indo-European *grebʰ-, *gerbʰ- (“bunch, bundle, tuft, clump”), from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (“to turn, twist”).

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   What is a crib in rap?

   • A crib is where a baby rests and dwells. It is where they are comfortable and plays all day. It might be weird to find it being used in rap but it is a fairly common slang used in the streets and urban settings. The crib might be used figuratively or literally so always make sure you know what you are talking about.

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   The meaning of CRIB is a manger for feeding animals. How to use crib in a sentence.

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   CRIB definition: 1. a small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot…. Learn more.

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   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.

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   Define crib. crib synonyms, crib pronunciation, crib translation, English dictionary definition of crib. n. 1. A bed with high sides for a young child or baby. 2. a. A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn. b. A rack or trough for fodder;...

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   If you crib, you copy something that someone else has written and pretend that it is your own work.

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   A crib is a small, cozy bed that has high sides known as slats. The slats keep the baby from falling out. To crib is different — it means to cheat, especially by copying or stealing information. If you stole an answer key to a test, you cribbed it.

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   Crib Definition. A rack, trough, or box for fodder; manger. A small bed with high sides, for a baby. A small house or room. A framework or enclosure as for storing grain. To have the habit of crib biting. To shut up in or as in a crib; confine. To furnish with a crib or cribs.