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crib  (krb)
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.
c. See pony.
8. 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 in or as if in a crib.
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.]

cribber n.

crib [krɪb]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a child's bed with slatted wooden sides; cot
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a cattle stall or pen
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a fodder rack or manger
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) a bin or granary for storing grain, etc.
5. a small crude cottage or room
6. US informal 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. (Christianity / 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. (Social Science / Education) Also called (esp US) pony Informal chiefly 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. (Group Games / Card Games) short for cribbage
15. (Group Games / Card Games) Cribbage the discard pile
16. (Miscellaneous Technologies / 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Forestry) a storage area for floating logs contained by booms
18. (Cookery) Austral and NZ a packed lunch taken to work
vb cribs, cribbing, cribbed
1. (tr) to put or enclose in or as if in a crib; furnish with a crib
2. (tr) Informal to steal (another's writings or thoughts)
3. (Social Science / Education) (intr) Informal to copy either from a crib or from someone else during a lesson or examination
4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) (tr) to line (a construction hole) with timber beams, logs, or planks
5. (intr) Informal to grumble
[Old English cribb; related to Old Saxon kribbia, Old High German krippa; compare Middle High German krēbe basket]
cribber  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cribcrib - baby bed with high sides made of slats
baby 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
garner, granary - a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed
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
card game, cards - a game played with playing cards
crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage
Verb1.crib - use a crib, as in an exam
chisel, cheat - engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud; "Who's chiseling on the side?"
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"

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.
3. manger, box, stall, rack, bunker He claimed the cribs in which the calves were kept had been approved by the RSPCA.
verb
(Informal) copy, cheat, pirate, pilfer, purloin, plagiarize, pass off as your own work He had been caught cribbing in an exam.
Translations
crib [krɪb]
A. N
1. (Brit) (for infant) → pesebre m (US) (for toddler) → cuna f (Rel) → Belén m; (= manger) → cuadra f
portable crib (US) → cuna f portátil
2. (Scol) (= illicit copy) → plagio m; (in exam) → chuleta f; (= translation) → traducción f
B. VT (Scol) → plagiar, tomar (from de)
C. VI (Scol) → usar una chuleta
D. CPD crib death N (US) → muerte f en la cuna

crib [ˈkrɪb]
n
(US) (= cot) → lit m d'enfant
(= Nativity scene) → crèche f
vt (= copy) → copier
vi (= copy) → copier

crib
n
(= cradle)Krippe f; (US: = cot) → Kinderbett nt
(= manger)Krippe f, → Raufe f; (fig: = nativity scene) → Krippe f
(US: = maize bin) → Trockengerüst ntfür Maiskolben
(esp Brit Sch: = cheating aid) → Spickzettel m (inf); (inf: = plagiarism) → Anleihe f (inf)
vi (esp Brit Sch inf) → abschreiben (inf), → spicken (inf); to crib from somebodyvon jdm abschreiben (inf)
vt (esp Brit Sch inf) → abschreiben (inf); to crib something from somebodyetw von jdm abschreiben (inf)

crib [krɪb]
1. n
a. (small cot) → culla (Rel) → presepio; (manger) → mangiatoia
b. (plagiarism) → plagio (Scol) (answer book) → traduttore m, bigino (fam)
2. vt (Scol) → copiare

crib [krɪb]
1. n
a. (small cot) → culla (Rel) → presepio; (manger) → mangiatoia
b. (plagiarism) → plagio (Scol) (answer book) → traduttore m, bigino (fam)
2. vt (Scol) → copiare

crib
n crib [krib]
1 a cradle. krip, wiegie سَرير الطِّفل кошче kolébka vugge die Krippe λίκνο cuna kätki گهواره kehto berceau מִיטַת תִּינוֹק नांद, टोकरा kolijevka bölcső ayunan vagga culla 揺りかご 요람 lopšys šūpulis palung wieg krybbe kołyska berço leagăn колыбель kolíska zibelka kolevka vagga เปลเด็ก beşik 搖籃 дитяче ліжко پلنگ‍ڑی، پالنا giường cũi của trẻ con
2 (American) a child's cot. kinderbedjie سَرير الوَلَد детско креватче dětská postýlka barneseng; tremmeseng das Kinderbett κούνια μωρού cuna võrevoodi تخت بچه vauvansänky petit lit (d'enfant) מִיטַת תִּינוֹק पालना, खटोला dječji krevetić gyerekágy tempat tidur bayi barnarúm lettino ベビーベッド 유아용 침대 vaiko lovelė bērna gultiņa katil bayi kinderbeje sprinkelseng, łożeczko dziecinne berço pătuţ (de copil) детская кроватка postieľka posteljica krevetac babykorg, -säng เตียงนอนเด็ก çocuk karyolası (美國)幼兒床 колиска, люлька پالنا cái nôi ,
3 a translation used when studying a text in a foreign language. sleutel تَرْجَمَـة حَرْفِيّـه буквален превод tahák oversættelse das Plagiat μετάφραση traducción, plagio tõlge, spikker ترجمه معادل käännös, luntti traduction (non autorisée) תַרגוּם किसी विदेशी भाषा के मजमून के अध्ययन के समय उपयोग होने वाला अनुवाद prijevod kojim se đaci krišom služe puska terjemahan (hrá) þÿðing traduzione approssimativa 訳本とらの巻 자습서 'špargalka' špikeris meniru spiekvertaling tospråklig utgave av en tekst; fuskelapp ściągawka, tekst pomocniczy cábula traducere (literară) подстрочник ťahák plonklistek puškica lathund, fusklapp การแปลภาษาคำต่อคำ hazır çeviri 外語教科書的譯本 підрядковий переклад لفظى ترجم‍ہ bài dịch để quay cóp
4 a manger. krip, wiegie مِذوَد хранилка jesle krybbe der Leiter παχνί cuadra sõim آخور seimi crèche אֵבוּס नींद jaslice jászol palungan jata mangiatoia まぐさおけ 여물통 ėdžios barības sile palung kribbe krybbe, binge żłób, koryto manjedoura iesle кормушка žľab jasli jasle krubba, bås, kätte รางใส่อาหารสัตว์ yemlik 秣槽 ясла کمین‍ہ، جو ن‍ہ خود كرے ن‍ہ کرن‍ے دے máng ăn
vpast tense, past participle cribbed
to copy She cribbed the answer from her friend's work. afgekyk, plagiaat gepleeg يَنْسَخ حرفيّـا преписвам opisovat skrive af, kigge hos sidemanden abschreiben αντιγράφω copiar; plagiar maha kirjutama تقلب کردن kopioida copier לְהַעֲתִיק नकल करना kopirati kipuskáz menyontek stela; eigna sér copiare カンニングをする 커닝하다 nusirašyti špikot; norakstīt tiru spieken, afkijken skrive av (fra sidemannen) odpisywać copiar a copia списывать opísať prepisati prepisivati skriva av ลอก aşırmak, kopya etmek 抄襲 списувати крадькома نقل كرنا quay cóp
n crib death
(American) cot death; the sudden death of a baby durintg sleep, which cannot yet be explained medically. wiegiedood موت سَريري внезапна смърт на дете по време на сън úmrtí kojence ve spánku vuggedød plötzlicher Kindstod ξαφνικός θάνατος βρέφους κατά τη διάρκεια του ύπνου muerte en la cuna hällisurm, väikelapse äkksurm مرگ ناگهانی بچه در خواب mort subite du nourrisson מָווֵת בַּעֲרִיסָה पालने में बच्चों की मौत smrt u snu bölcsőhalál mati di tempat tidur morte in culla 幼児の突然死 유아의 돌연사 staigi kûdikio mirtis miegant jaundzimušo pēkšņas nāves sindroms kematian kot wiegendood krybbedød zespół nagłego zgonu niemowląt, SIDS внезапная смерть ребёнка во сне úmrtie kojenca v spánku (z nevysvetliteľných príčin) smrt v zibelki smrt u kolevci plötslig spädbarnsdöd การไหลตายในเด็กทารก beşik ölümü (美)嬰儿猝死症 раптова смерть немовляти بچ‍ہ کی اچانک سوت‍ے می‍ں موت hiện tượng trẻ chết khi ngủ

crib مهد dětská 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 cũi 幼儿床


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Everything was ship-shape now, and we sat down on either side of the crib to stand our watch.
Agafea Mihalovna went out on tiptoe; the nurse let down the blind, chased a fly out from under the muslin canopy of the crib, and a bumblebee struggling on the window-frame, and sat down waving a faded branch of birch over the mother and the baby.
I flung aside a crib of Horace I had been reading, and began to clench my fists, to bite my lips, and to pace the room.
 
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