Sekirov Dictionary

crib

/kɹɪb/

noun24

  1. (US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
  2. (UK) A bed for a child older than a baby.
  3. (slang) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
  4. [usually plural] A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
  5. A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
  6. (slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
  7. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
  8. The baby Jesus and the manger in a creche or nativity scene, consisting of statues of Mary, Joseph and various other characters such as the magi.
  9. The card game cribbage.
  10. A bin for drying or storing grain, such as a corn crib.
  11. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
  12. A confined space, such as a cage or office cubicle.
  13. The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer, akin to the kitty or widow in other card games.
  14. A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
  15. A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.
  16. (Australia, New-Zealand) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
  17. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
  18. (New-Zealand) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
  19. A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.
  20. A wicker basket.
  21. (Canada) A small raft made of timber.
  22. (no longer used) A job, a position; (UK) an appointment.
  23. (no longer used) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
  24. (UK, no longer used) The stomach.

verb10

  1. To place or confine in a crib.
  2. To collect one or more passages and/or references for use in a speech, written document or as an aid for some task; to create a crib sheet.
  3. (informal) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
  4. (India) To complain, to grumble
  5. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
  6. To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
  7. To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work out the remaining sections.
  8. To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
  9. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
  10. (no longer used) To steal or embezzle.
forms

cribbed · cribbing · cribs

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