Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense, plural cribs, present participle cribbing, past tense, past participle cribbed
1. countable noun
A crib is a bed for a small baby.
[mainly US]regional note: in BRIT, usually use cot
2. verb
If you crib, you copy something that someone else has written and pretend that it is your own work.
[old-fashioned]
You have been cribbing from Bennett. [VERBfrom noun]
He had been caught cribbing in an exam. [VERB]
[Also VERB noun from noun]
Synonyms: copy, cheat, pirate, pilfer More Synonyms of crib
More Synonyms of crib
crib in British English
(krɪb)
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. US informal
a house or residence
7. New Zealand
a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only
8.
any small confined space
9. informal
a brothel
10.
a wicker basket
11.
a representation of the manger in which the infant Jesus was laid at birth
12. informal
a theft, esp of another's writing or thoughts
13. Also called (esp US): pony informal, mainly British
a 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. Australian and New Zealand
a packed lunch taken to work
verbWord forms: cribs, cribbing or cribbed
19. (transitive)
to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib
20. (transitive) informal
to steal (another's writings or thoughts)
21. (intransitive) informal
to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination
22. (transitive)
to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks
23. (intransitive) informal
to grumble
Derived forms
cribber (ˈcribber)
noun
Word origin
Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket
crib in American English
(krɪb)
noun
1.
a rack, trough, or box for fodder; manger
2.
a stall for cattle, oxen, etc.
3.
a small house or room
4.
a small bed with high sides, for a baby
5.
a framework of wooden or metal bars for support or strengthening, as in a mine
6.
a framework or enclosure as for storing grain
7. US
a structure secured under water, serving as a pier, a water intake, etc.
8. Informal
a.
a petty theft
b.
a plagiarism
c.
notes, a translation of a foreign writing, or other aids used, often dishonestly,in doing schoolwork
9. Slang
the house, apartment, etc. where a person lives
10. Cribbage
the cards discarded by the players and forming an extra hand for the dealer, counted for points but not played
verb transitiveWord forms: cribbed or ˈcribbing
11.
toshut up in or as in a crib; confine
12.
to furnish with a crib or cribs
13. Informal
a.
to steal
b.
to plagiarize
verb intransitive
14.
to have the habit of crib biting
15. Informal
to do schoolwork dishonestly, as by using a crib
Derived forms
cribber (ˈcribber)
noun
Word origin
ME & OE, ox stall, couch, akin to Ger krippe, Frank *kripja: basic sense “what is woven or plaited, basket” < IE *grebh- < base *ger-, to wind, turn, weave; senses of “steal,” etc. < thieves' slang < orig. sense “toput in a basket”; crib (sense 4) from Biblical application of sense crib (sense 1)
crib in Hospitality
(krɪb)
Word forms: (regular plural) cribs
noun
(Hospitality (hotel): Restaurant, paying the check)
A crib is a bed for a baby.
Does the hotel provide cribs for babies?
We provide cribs and high chairs for infants at no extra charge.
The rooms have bunk beds for children, and cribs for infants are available on request.
Examples of 'crib' in a sentence
crib
The stats department furnish us with some incredibly detailed crib sheets.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Here is your crib sheet to make it simple.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Feel free to take this as a crib sheet when you go to the cinema.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
With that in mind, here is a simple crib sheet for some of our tourist hotspots.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Staff hand out crib sheets with questions and answers in English.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
So to this end, here's a little crib sheet.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Word lists with
crib
bed
All related terms of 'crib'
crib-wall
a supporting wall constructed by laying cribs at right angles to each other, as in cribwork
crib-biting
a harmful habit of horses in which the animal leans on the manger or seizes it with the teeth and swallows a gulp of air
crib death
Crib death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep , although the baby had not previously been ill .
crib sheet
A crib sheet is the same as a → cheat sheet .
cot death
Cot death is the sudden death of a baby while it is asleep , although the baby had not previously been ill .
Chinese translation of 'crib'
crib
(krɪb)
n(c)
(US, for baby) 有围(圍)栏(欄)的童床 (yǒu wéilán de tóngchuáng) (张(張), zhāng)
英 = cot
(= nativity scene) 耶稣诞生的情景雕像
vi
(inf, o.f., = copy) 抄袭(襲) (chāoxí)
Nearby words of
crib
crest
crew
crew neck
crib
cricket
cricketer
crime
1 (noun)
Definition
a baby's cradle
She placed the baby back in its crib.
Synonyms
cradle
The baby sleeps in the cradle upstairs.
bed
She went in to her bedroom and lay down on the bed.
cot
bassinet
Moses basket
2 (noun)
Definition
a translation or list of answers used by students, often dishonestly
(informal)
Only desperate students take cribs into the exam with them.
Synonyms
translation
notes
key
You will find a key at the start of the book.
trot (US, slang)
3 (noun)
Definition
a rack or manger for fodder
Each calf in the dairy has its own little crib.
Synonyms
manger
All the feed went into one manger.
box
stall
rack
bunker
1 (verb)
Definition
to copy (someone's work) dishonestly
(informal)
He had been caught cribbing in an exam.
Synonyms
copy
cheat
pirate
pirating copies of music tapes
pilfer
Staff were pilfering cash from the bar.
purloin (formal)
He was caught purloining books from the library.
plagiarize
He was accused of plagiarizing copyrighted material.
pass off as your own work
2 (verb)
Definition
to confine in a small space
Synonyms
confine
He has been confined to his barracks.
limit
He limited payments on the country's foreign debt.
rail
fence
They intend to fence in about 100 acres of land.
pen
The cattle had been milked and penned for the night.
restrict
The fence would restrict public access.
cage
Don't you think it's cruel to cage wild creatures?
enclose
The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.
imprison
He was imprisoned for 18 months on charges of anti-state agitation.
coop
shut in
coop up
box up
Additional synonyms
in the sense of bed
Definition
to place firmly into position
She went in to her bedroom and lay down on the bed.
Synonyms
bedstead,
couch,
berth,
cot,
the sack (informal),
bunk,
the hay (informal),
pallet,
divan
in the sense of cage
Definition
to confine in a cage
Don't you think it's cruel to cage wild creatures?
Synonyms
shut up,
confine,
restrain,
imprison,
lock up,
mew,
incarcerate,
fence in,
impound,
coop up,
immure (archaic),
pound
in the sense of enclose
Definition
to surround completely
The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence.