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[noun] a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib
[noun] baby bed with high sides
[noun] a literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
[verb] line with beams or planks, as of construction holes
[verb] take unauthorized (intellectual material)
[verb] use a crib, as in an exam
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\Crib\ (kr?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.] 1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. The steer lion at one crib shall meet. --Pope. 2. A stall for oxen or other cattle. Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. --Prov. xiv. 4. 3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. 4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. 5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage. Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? --Shak. 6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. 7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. 8. A small raft of timber. [Canada] 9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris?; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. [Colloq.] The Latin version technically called a crib. --Ld. Lytton. Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. --Wilkie Collins. 10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] --Raymond. 11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
\Crib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Cribbed} (kr?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Cribbing}.] 1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor. Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak. 2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.] Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens.
\Crib\, v. i. 1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.] Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. --Gauden. 2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant] 3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Synonyms for crib

cot, cribbage, pony, trot

See also: baby bed | baby's bed | card game | cards | cheat | chisel | interlingual rendition | lift | line | plagiarise | plagiarize | rendering | translation | version |

Related terms: bag, bassinet, cabin, casino, cellule, chouse, decipherment, depository, duplex bed, enclose, fence in, glory hole, hayrick, hold, house of joy, hut, key, lumber room, pallet, panel house, residence, restrain, rewording, rook, seat, shut up, swipe, thieve, translation, vault

The fun area, different aproach to word »crib«

Let's analyse "crib" as pure text. This string has Four letters in One syllable and One vowel. 25% of vowels is 13.6% less then average English word. Written in backwards: BIRC. Average typing speed for these characters is 1045 milliseconds. [info]

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Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: crib: 9 = 9, reduced: 9 . and the final result is Nine.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: crib: 3 + 9 + 9 + 2 = 23, reduced: 5, and the final result is Five.

Tarot cards

Letter Num. Tarot c. Intensity Meaning
B (1) 2 High Priestess Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
C (1) 3 Empress Patient, Willful, Strong, Giving
I (1) 9 Hermit Independent, Researcher, Intell,igent
R (1) 18 Moon Patient, Determined, Strong

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