crib

/kɹɪb/ · noun

Meaning

A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
A bed for a child older than a baby.
A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
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.
To place or confine in a crib.
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
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.
To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.

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