[krɪb], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot
(e.g: tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child)

- a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way
(e.g: an English crib of Caesar's Gallic Wars)

- a person's apartment or house
(e.g: there's a chance you might not get back to your crib tonight)


- a heavy timber framework used in foundations for a building or to line a mineshaft

- a light meal; a snack
(e.g: I was carrying my crib in a paper bag)


Phrases:

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

[krɪb], (Verb)

Definitions:
- copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgement
(e.g: he was doing an exam and didn't want anybody to crib the answers from him)

- restrain
(e.g: he had been so cabined, cribbed, and confined by office)

- grumble
(e.g: those guys have nothing to crib about)


Phrases:

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