1. [N. Amer] Baby bed with high sides made of slats
   "The parents assembled the crib in preparation for their newborn's arrival";
   - cot [Brit]
    
2. A bin or granary for storing grains
   "The farmer stored the harvested corn in a large crib"
    
3. A card game (usually for two players) in which each player is dealt six cards and discards one or two
   "They kept score using a traditional crib board";
   - cribbage
    
4. The cards discarded by players at cribbage
   "He carefully selected his crib to maximize his scoring potential"
    
5. A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
   "The student relied on a crib to translate the Latin text";
   - pony [N. Amer], trot
    
6. [N. Amer, informal] Living quarters or accommodation
   "The students shared a small crib near campus";
   - diggings [Brit, archaic], digs [informal], lodgings, pad [informal]

1. (crime) take unauthorized (intellectual material)
   "The student cribbed answers from his classmate's test"; "She cribbed entire passages from the original work without attribution"
    
2. Use a crib, as in an exam
   "Some students were caught cribbing during the final exam"
    
3. Line with beams or planks
   "crib a construction hole"

Derived forms: cribbed, cribs, cribbing

Type of: baby bed, baby's bed, bin, card game, cards, cheat, chisel [informal], garner [archaic], granary, interlingual rendition, lift, line, living quarters, plagiarise [Brit], plagiarize, playing card, quarters, rendering, translation, version

Encyclopedia: Crib