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Plural for a baby's cradle
“He looked so at peace, lying in his crib with his pacifier in his mouth and cuddling his teddy bear.”
Plural for a rack or manger for fodder
“One summer, about 1952, a local ranch hand and I built a hay crib at the edge of the meadow north of the Keyes house.”
Plural for a translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way
“As I said at the beginning, it seems to be an intelligent crib for a novice teacher in creative writing.”
Plural for a thing that has been plagiarized
“One image is a direct crib from Millais' "The rescue".”
Plural for a person's apartment or house
“We're about to go get some pizza and chill at his crib.”
Plural for a small, simple, single-storey house or shelter
Plural for an establishment for women of the night to ply their trade
Plural for a rewording or rephrasing of something written or spoken
Plural for a storage facility for grain or sometimes animal feed
Plural for a brief written note serving as a reminder
Plural for a creche is a display or exhibit resembling a crib
Plural for a container designed to hold or protect something
Plural for a point-counting card game
Plural for a place giving protection from bad weather or danger
To copy (another person's work) illicitly or without acknowledgment
“First, he allowed me to crib his music dictation. Then he offered to take me home to help me catch up.”
To take or something without permission (especially a creative work)
“Look out for those tell-tale squares of blue light as desperate Shazammers try to crib her style.”
To confine in a small space
“But it stoutly denies the sole reality of this existence, and refuses to equate man with the petty round of his earthly career and crib him within the small orbit of reason and the bounded horizons of his mental vision.”
To complain about something in irritation or anger
To gain an advantage or profit by using unfair or deceitful methods
To imprison or incarcerate someone
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