crib

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.

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[Middle English, manger, from Old English cribb.]

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cribber n.

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crib

Noun

1. a piece of writing stolen from elsewhere

2. a translation or list of answers used by students, often dishonestly

3. a baby's cradle

4. a rack or manger for fodder

5. a model of the manger scene at Bethlehem

6. short for cribbage

7. NZ a small holiday house

Verb

[cribbing, cribbed]

1. to copy (someone's work) dishonestly

2. to confine in a small space [Old English cribb]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	crib - baby bed with high sides made of slats cot 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) pony, trot 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 cribbage card game, cards - a game played with playing cards crib - the cards discarded by players at cribbage
Verb	1.	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"

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crib

noun 1. cradle, bed, cot, bassinet, Moses basket

noun 2. (Informal) translation, notes, key, trot U.S. (slang)

noun 3. manger, box, stall, rack, bunker

verb 4. (Informal) copy, cheat, pirate, pilfer, purloin, plagiarize, pass off as your own work

Translations

crib [krɪb] n → pesebre m

vt (col) → plagiar;

(SCOL) → copiar

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crib [krɪb] n → lit m d'enfant;

(for baby) → berceau m

vt (inf) → copier

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crib [krɪb] n → Kinderbett nt;

(Rel) → Krippe f

vt (inf) (copy) → abschreiben

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crib [krɪb] n → culla;

(REL) → presepio

vt (col) → copiare