Background for cribbing

cribbing

/ˈkɹɪbɪŋ/

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verb

To place or confine in a crib.

Examples :

"The farmer was cribbing the corn to protect it from the rain. "

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To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

Examples :

"The small, old apartment felt like it was cribbing our family, with little room to move or grow. "

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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.

Examples :

"I cribbed the recipe from the Food Network site, but made a few changes of my own."

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verb

To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.

Examples :

""The teacher caught him cribbing answers from his neighbor's test paper." "

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verb

To install timber supports, as with cribbing.

Examples :

"The construction crew is cribbing the trench with wooden beams to prevent it from collapsing. "

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To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.

Examples :

"The cashier was fired for cribbing money from the register every day. "

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(Indian English) To complain, to grumble

Examples :

"My brother was cribbing about the long homework assignment. "

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To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.

Examples :

"The passengers were cribbing together on the crowded bus during rush hour, trying to make room for everyone. "

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(of a horse) To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.

Examples :

"The horse was cribbing on the wooden fence, making a loud sucking noise. "

animal physiology

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noun

The members used to build a (structural) crib, usually of timbers or logs, but also of concrete, steel or even plastic; cribwork.

Examples :

"The construction crew used a sturdy wooden crib to support the new bridge's foundation. "

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As a whole, the heavy structure built to support an existing structure from underneath, as with a mineshaft or when raising a building off its foundation, as for moving to another location,

Examples :

"The construction crew built a sturdy cribbing of timber to support the old house while they replaced its foundation. "

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noun

The cribbing used to support anything from below or on a side, as with a retaining wall, or to prop up a piece of heavy machinery.

Examples :

"The construction workers used wooden cribbing to prevent the trench from collapsing. "

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A self-injurious tendency of certain horses to swallow air while slobbering and biting onto objects in and about their enclosure; cribbing and windsucking are regarded as equine forms of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Examples :

"The horse's cribbing was a constant concern for the stable owner. "

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An act of plagiarism.

Examples :

"The student's low grade was due to clear evidence of cribbing on the exam, as several answers were copied directly from online sources. "

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