crib
crib
krÉĒb
krib
/kɚˈÉĒb/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "crib"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

a small bed with high sides designed for an infant

crib definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He bought a wooden crib for the nursery.
02

a two-player card game where each player receives six cards and discards one or two

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Crib requires both strategy and luck.
03

the set of cards discarded by players in the game of cribbage

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dealer added his discarded cards to the crib.
04

a storage structure, often a bin or granary, for holding grain

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Cribs protect harvested grain from rodents and moisture.
05

āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻĢā§āϰ⧇āϜ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻļāχ āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻŦāĻž āϰ⧇āĻĢāĻžāϰ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϏ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§ƒāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ

a translation or paraphrase of a literary work, often used for study or reference
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The language learner used a bilingual crib to aid in understanding the nuances of the foreign text.
āĻ­āĻžāώāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āĻļā§€ āĻĒāĻžāĻ ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϏ⧂āĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āĻŽāϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāώāĻŋāĻ• crib āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
01

āĻ•āĻĒāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to copy intellectual material without permission or proper attribution
Intransitive
Transitive: to crib intellectual material
to crib definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's important to cite your sources properly to avoid cribbing in academic writing.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻžāĻ—āϤ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ‰ā§ŽāϏāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āωāĻĻā§āϧ⧃āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
02

āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϠ⧇āϰ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reinforce or support a structure using a framework made of timber
Transitive: to crib a structure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The construction team decided to crib the walls of the mine for added safety.
āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻĻāϞāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ–āύāĻŋāϰ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĻžāϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
03

āύāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋

to use unauthorized assistance or resources, especially during a test or assignment
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The student confessed to cribbing from notes hidden in his pocket.
āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϕ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āύ⧋āϟ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āύāĻ•āϞ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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