Crib
[krɪb]
Definition
(noun.) the cards discarded by players at cribbage.
(noun.) baby bed with high sides made of slats.
(noun.) a bin or granary for storing grains.
(verb.) line with beams or planks; 'crib a construction hole'.
(verb.) take unauthorized (intellectual material).
(verb.) use a crib, as in an exam.
Checker: Natalia--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
(n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
(n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
(n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
(n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
(n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
(n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
(n.) A small raft of timber.
(n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
(n.) A miner's luncheon.
(n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
(v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
(v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
(v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
(v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
Inputed by Kurt
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Rack, manger, cratch, feeding-place.[2]. Bin, bunker.
v. a. Enclose (as in a crib), cage, encage, confine, imprison, shut up.
Checker: Zachariah
Definition
n. the rack or manger of a stable: a stall for oxen: a child's bed; a small cottage or hovel a confined place: (coll.) a translation of a classic baldly literal for lazy schoolboys.—v.t. to put away in a crib confine: to pilfer: to plagiarise:—pr.p. crib′bing; pa.p. cribbed.—n. Crib′-bit′ing a vicious habit of horses consisting in biting the manger.
Checker: Merle
Examples
- I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As I sat by Baby's crib, on the night before the election, Baby was very uneasy in her sleep. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- About the crib at Chertsey, Bill? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Peepy had scaled his crib, and crept down in his bed-gown and cap, and was so cold that his teeth were chattering as if he had cut them all. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- If my hair would only change colour, here's a nice little crib all ready for me to step into. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- To-night she would have me lay my head on the pillow of her crib; she even put her little arms round my neck. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He'll crack a crib in Scotland one week, and be raising money to build an orphanage in Cornwall the next. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- At the power house the canal is furnished with a gate, and with cribs to keep back the obstructions, such as sticks. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- I am sure they should be arrested, cribbed, tried, and brought in for Botany Bay, at the very least. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Cribbed and barred and moored by massive rusty chains, the prison-ship seemed in my young eyes to be ironed like the prisoners. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Child being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace, hid it, played with it, cut the string, and swallowed a bead. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Checked by Danny