crib
/krɪb/
noun
- A small bed with high sides for a baby or young child.
- Make sure the crib meets current safety standards.
- They bought a new crib for their newborn son.
- The baby slept peacefully in her crib.
- A translation or list of answers used dishonestly, especially by students; a cheat sheet.
- She made a small crib for the vocabulary test.
- The teacher caught him using a crib during the exam.
- Using a crib is considered cheating in most schools.
- A person's home or living space (informal).
- They decorated their crib with posters and lights.
- Welcome to my crib! Make yourself at home.
- He invited us over to his crib for the game.
- A building or structure for storing grain, corn, or other crops.
- The old crib was full of dried ears of corn.
- The farmer stored the corn in the crib until winter.
- They built a new crib to hold the harvest.
Synonyms
verb
- To copy someone else's work dishonestly; to cheat by using a crib.
- He cribbed the answers from his friend's test.
- Don't crib from others; do your own work.
- She was accused of cribbing her essay from an online source.
- To confine or put in a small space, like a crib.
- The farmer cribbed the calves in a small pen.
- They cribbed the tools in the shed for the night.
- She cribbed the kittens in a box to keep them safe.