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cribs

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A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.

Examples :

"The parents bought matching cribs for their newborn twins. "

family item building

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A bed for a child older than a baby.

Examples :

"Once the twins outgrew their baby cribs, their parents bought them larger beds with side rails. "

family property building

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A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel

Examples :

"The cramped cabin of the old sailboat had only a few cribs built into the wall for the crew to sleep in. "

nautical vehicle sailing

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A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.

Examples :

"The newborn kittens nestled together in their small cribs, sleeping soundly. "

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A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.

Examples :

"The farmer filled the cribs with hay so the cows would have plenty to eat during the winter. "

agriculture animal utensil building

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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.

Examples :

"Every Christmas, the church displays elaborate nativity scenes with beautiful cribs depicting the birth of Jesus. "

religion culture family tradition theology holiday

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A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.

Examples :

"The farmer built new cribs to store the harvested corn before winter. "

agriculture building structure

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A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.

Examples :

"The farmer built several cribs to store the corn after the harvest, protecting it from the rain and pests. "

property architecture animal agriculture building

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A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle

Examples :

""The new office layout replaced the open space with individual cribs, giving each employee a small, enclosed workspace." "

property place building

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A job, a position; (British), an appointment.

Examples :

"My grandfather's new crib at the hospital is a challenging one; he needs a lot of help with his new position. "

job position business work

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A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.

Examples :

"After the earthquake, many families were forced to live in temporary cribs made of salvaged wood and plastic sheeting. "

building place architecture property animal environment

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One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out. A house or dwelling place.

Examples :

"After the game, we all went back to Maria's cribs for pizza and to celebrate. "

property place building

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noun

Examples :

"The construction workers used cribs to support the old house while they replaced its damaged foundation. "

architecture building structure technical

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(usually in the plural) 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.

Examples :

"For his history presentation, Michael prepared cribs with important dates and names to help him remember everything. "

language writing communication education literature computing

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A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.

Examples :

"He dismissed the missing office supplies as just petty cribs. "

law business police economy finance moral

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The card game cribbage.

Examples :

""We played cribs after dinner and my grandfather won every game." "

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The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.

Examples :

"The dealer collected the cribs and used them to calculate the final scores. "

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A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.

Examples :

"The detectives used a few common words from the intercepted email, acting as cribs, to decipher the rest of the coded message. "

communication technology military computing info

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A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.

Examples :

""During the summer holidays, many families rent small cribs along the coast for affordable beach vacations." "

property building place

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A packed lunch taken to work.

Examples :

""My dad always packs cribs for his lunch at the factory, usually sandwiches and fruit." "

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A small raft made of timber.

Examples :

"The lumberjacks floated the newly cut logs downriver using cribs they had built by lashing timbers together. "

nautical material vehicle

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(thieves' cant) The stomach.

Examples :

"After a long day of hustling, the thief finally got back to the hideout and said, "My cribs are empty; let's find some grub!" "

body physiology organ food

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A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.

Examples :

"During the exam, the teacher caught two students using cribs hidden in their calculators. "

education writing

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To place or confine in a crib.

Examples :

"The parents cribbed the baby in its new crib after a long day. "

family place building

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

Examples :

"The strict rules of the boarding school cribbed the students' freedom. "

action condition place

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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."

writing communication language education

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To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.

Examples :

""The student was caught trying to crib answers from his neighbor's test paper." "

education language

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To install timber supports, as with cribbing.

Examples :

"The construction workers are cribbing the foundation for the new school building. "

architecture building technical

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To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.

Examples :

"The cashier cribbed small amounts of money from the register each day. "

business economy law

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(Indian English) To complain, to grumble

Examples :

""My brother always cribs about having to do the dishes." "

attitude communication language

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

Examples :

"Example Sentence: "After the concert, the crowd cribbed together near the exit, trying to get out quickly." "

area place group condition

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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 cribbed the wooden post, pulling it slightly as it breathed deeply. "

animal physiology