(US, countable, uncountable) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
(British, countable, uncountable) A bed for a child older than a baby.
(countable, uncountable) A small sleeping berth in a packet or other small vessel.
(countable, uncountable) A wicker basket.
(countable, uncountable) A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, uncountable) A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
(countable, uncountable) A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
(countable, uncountable) A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A job, a position; (British) an appointment.
(countable, uncountable) A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
(countable, uncountable) 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.
(countable, plural-normally, uncountable) 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.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
(countable, uncountable) The card game cribbage.
(countable, uncountable) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
(countable, uncountable) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
(New-Zealand, Southern, countable, uncountable) A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
(Australia, New-Zealand, countable, uncountable) A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
(Canada, countable, uncountable) A small raft made of timber.
(UK, countable, obsolete, uncountable) The stomach.
(countable, uncountable) A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
(countable, slang, uncountable) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
(countable, slang, uncountable) One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.

(transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
(transitive) 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.
(informal, transitive) To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
(intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
(archaic, transitive) To steal or embezzle.
(India) To complain, to grumble
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
(intransitive) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
To use a known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, to work out the remaining sections.

cribbed

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crib

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹɪbd/

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