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crib
(krĭb)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; a manger.
c. A stall for cattle.
3. A small crude cottage or room.
4. Slang One's home.
5. A framework to support or strengthen a mine or shaft.
6. A wicker basket.
7.
a. A petty theft.
b. Plagiarism.
8.
a. See pony.
b. See cheat sheet.
9. Games A set of cards made up from discards by each player in cribbage, used by the dealer.
v. cribbed, crib·bing, cribs
v.tr.
1. To confine or cramp.
2. To furnish with a crib.
3.
a. To plagiarize (an idea or answer, for example).
b. To steal.
v.intr.
To plagiarize; cheat.
[Middle English, manger, from Old English cribb.]
crib′ber n.
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crib
(krɪb)n
1. (Furniture) a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot
2. (Agriculture) a cattle stall or pen
3. (Agriculture) a fodder rack or manger
4. (Agriculture) a bin or granary for storing grain, etc
5. a small crude cottage or room
6. informal US a house or residence
7. NZ a weekend cottage: term is South Island usage only
8. any small confined space
9. informal a brothel
10. a wicker basket
11. (Ecclesiastical Terms) 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. (Education) informal chiefly Also called (esp US): pony Brit a translation of a foreign text or a list of answers used by students, often illicitly, as an aid in lessons, examinations, etc
14. (Card Games) short for cribbage
15. (Card Games) cribbage the discard pile
16. (Building) 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. (Forestry) a storage area for floating logs contained by booms
18. (Cookery) Austral and NZ a packed lunch taken to work
vb, cribs, cribbing or cribbed
19. (tr) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib
20. (tr) informal to steal (another's writings or thoughts)
21. (Education) (intr) informal to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination
22. (Building) (tr) to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks
23. (intr) informal to grumble
[Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket]
ˈcribber n
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crib
(krɪb)n., v. cribbed, crib•bing. n.
1. a child's bed with enclosed sides.
2. a stall or pen for cattle.
3. a rack or manger for fodder.
4. a bin for storing grain, salt, etc.
5. Informal.
a. a translation, list of correct answers, or other illicit aid used by students while reciting, taking exams, or the like; pony.
b. plagiarism.
c. a petty theft.
6. any of various cellular frameworks assembled in layers at right angles, used in construction of foundations, dams, etc.
7. a set of cards in cribbage made up by equal contributions from each player's hand, and belonging to the dealer.
8. Slang. a house or apartment; place of residence.
v.t. 9. to pilfer or steal, esp. to plagiarize.
10. to confine in or as if in a crib.
11. to line with timber or planking.
v.i. 12. Informal.
a. to use a crib in, esp. in examinations.
b. to steal; plagiarize.
13. (of a horse) to practice cribbing.
[before 1000; Middle English cribbe, Old English crib(b), c. Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German chrippa; compare crèche]
crib′ber, n.
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cot
– crib – camp bed1. 'cot' and 'crib'
In British English, a cot is a bed for a baby. A cot has high sides to prevent the baby from falling out. In American English, a bed like this is called a crib.
Put your baby's cot beside your bed.
I asked for a crib to put the baby in.
2. 'cot' and 'camp bed'
In American English, a cot is a narrow bed for an adult. It is made of canvas fitted over a frame, and you can fold it up. You take it with you when you go camping, or you use it as a spare bed at home. In British English, a bed like this is called a camp bed.
His bodyguards slept on the cots.
I had to sleep on a camp bed in the living room.
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Past participle: cribbed
Gerund: cribbing
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Crib
A small building used for storing grain. See Corncrib.
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| Noun | 1. |  crib - baby bed with high sides made of slatsbaby bed, baby's bed - a small bed for babies; enclosed by sides to prevent the baby from falling |
| 2. | crib - a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) interlingual rendition, translation, version, rendering - a written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language | |
| 3. | crib - a bin or granary for storing grains bin - a container; usually has a lid corncrib - a crib for storing and drying ears of corn | |
| 4. | crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage cribbage, crib - a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two playing card - one of a pack of cards that are used to play card games | |
| 5. | crib - a card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage | |
| Verb | 1. | crib - use a crib, as in an exam |
| 2. | crib - take unauthorized (intellectual material) crime, criminal offence, criminal offense, law-breaking, offense, offence - (criminal law) an act punishable by law; usually considered an evil act; "a long record of crimes" plagiarise, plagiarize, lift - take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property | |
| 3. | crib - line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole" line - cover the interior of; "line the gloves"; "line a chimney" |
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crib
noun
1. cradle, bed, cot, bassinet, Moses basket She placed the baby back in its crib.
2. (Informal) translation, notes, key, trot (U.S. slang) Only desperate students take cribs into the exam with them.
verb
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crib
verbTo reproduce (the artistic work of another, for example) illicitly:
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Translations
تَرْجَمَـة حَرْفِيّـهسَرير الطِّفلسَرير الوَلَدمِذوَدمَهْد
dětská postýlkajeslekolébkaopisovatpostýlka
barnesengkigge hos sidemandenkrybbeoversættelsetremmeseng
pinnasänky
kolijevka
gyerekágykipuskáz
barnarúmjataòÿîingstela; eigna sérvagga
小児用ベッド
어린이 침대
„špargalka“ėdžiosvaiko lovelė
barības silebērna gultiņašpikerisšūpulis
postieľkaťahákžľab
zibelka
spjälsäng
เตียงสำหรับเด็ก
aşırmakbebek karyolasıbeşikçocuk karyolasıhazır çeviri
giường cũi của trẻ con
crib
[krɪb]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
crib
n
vi (esp Brit Sch inf) → abschreiben (inf), → spicken (inf); to crib from somebody → von jdm abschreiben (inf)
vt (esp Brit Sch inf) → abschreiben (inf); to crib something from somebody → etw von jdm abschreiben (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
crib
[krɪb]1. n
b. (plagiarism) → plagio (Scol) (answer book) → traduttore m, bigino (fam)
2. vt (Scol) → copiare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
crib
(krib) noun1. a cradle.
2. (American) a child's cot.
3. a translation used when studying a text in a foreign language.
4. a manger.
verb – past tense, past participle cribbed – to copy. She cribbed the answer from her friend's work.
ˈcrib death noun (American) cot death; the sudden death of a baby durintg sleep, which cannot yet be explained medically.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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→ مَهْد postýlka barneseng Kinderbett κούνια cuna pinnasänky lit d’enfant kolijevka lettino 小児用ベッド 어린이 침대 kinderbedje sprinkelseng łóżeczko berço детская кроватка spjälsäng เตียงสำหรับเด็ก bebek karyolası giường cũi của trẻ con 幼儿床Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
crib
n. cuna, camita.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
- Do you have a crib? (US)
Do you have a cot? (UK)
Collins Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
crib
n cunaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.