'Crib' definitions:

Definition of 'crib'

(from WordNet)
noun
Baby bed with high sides made of slats [syn: crib, cot]
noun
A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot, crib]
noun
A bin or granary for storing grains
noun
The cards discarded by players at cribbage
noun
A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two [syn: cribbage, crib]
verb
Use a crib, as in an exam
verb
Take unauthorized (intellectual material)
verb
Line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"

Definition of 'Crib'

From: GCIDE
  • Crib \Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed (kr[i^]bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]
  • 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. [1913 Webster]
  • If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crib'

From: GCIDE
  • Crib \Crib\ (kr[i^]b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. [1913 Webster]
  • The steer lion at one crib shall meet. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. [1913 Webster]
  • Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. --Prov. xiv. 4. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage. [1913 Webster]
  • Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 8. A small raft of timber. [Canada] [1913 Webster]
  • 9. A small theft; anything purloined; a plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
  • The Latin version technically called a crib. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
  • Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. --Wilkie Collins. [1913 Webster]
  • 10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] --Raymond. [1913 Webster]
  • 11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Crib'

From: GCIDE
  • Crib \Crib\, v. i.
  • 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. --Gauden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'crib'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Crib'