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The Meaning of crib
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(n.) A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
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(n.) A stall for oxen or other cattle.
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(n.) A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
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(n.) A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
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(n.) A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
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(n.) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
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(n.) A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
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(n.) A small raft of timber.
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(n.) A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
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(n.) A miner's luncheon.
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(n.) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
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(v. t.) To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
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(v. t.) To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
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(v. i.) To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
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(v. i.) To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
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(v. i.) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.
Synonyms
fingerstall
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cot
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camp bed
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cribbage
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trot
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pony
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shot glass
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lope
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jigger
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jog
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cheat
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chisel
Homophones
cribb
Rhymes
ad-lib
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bib
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bibb
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corncrib
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cribb
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dibb
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gib
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gibb
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glib
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grzyb
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ib
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jib
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kibbe
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lib
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mib
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nib
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nibbe
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rib
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sib
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skibbe
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squibb
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trib