Crossword-Solution: CRIB
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Crib | n. | A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals. |
| Crib | n. | A stall for oxen or other cattle. |
| Crib | n. | A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child. |
| Crib | n. | A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats. |
| Crib | n. | A hovel; a hut; a cottage. |
| Crib | n. | A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft. |
| Crib | n. | A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc. |
| Crib | n. | A small raft of timber. |
| Crib | n. | A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris/; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons. |
| Crib | n. | A miner's luncheon. |
| Crib | n. | The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage. |
| Crib | v. t. | To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp. |
| Crib | v. t. | To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. |
| Crib | v. i. | To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. |
| Crib | v. i. | To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. |
| Crib | v. i. | To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| CRIB | anagram | BRIC |
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One who, or that which, eats.
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greedy person
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Sentences with CRIB (5)
When the children were little she used to load them all into the wagon, the baby in its crib, and go fishing herself.
Bathsheba’s companion, as a gage of their reconciliation, had been granted a week’s holiday to visit her sister, who was married to a thriving hurdler and cattle-crib-maker living in a delightful labyrinth of hazel copse not far from Yalbury.
Now an uncle of mine had an old horse who used to get into the closed lot where the corn-crib was and dishonestly take the corn.
The smallest skeleton was given but passing attention, as its location, in the crib, left no doubt as to its having been the infant offspring of this unhappy couple.
Nothing had been disturbed; there were the table, the bed, and the little crib built by his father—the shelves and cupboards just as they had stood for over twenty-three years—just as he had left them nearly two years before.
Quotes with CRIB (3)
You know the reason The Beatles made it so big?...'I Wanna Hold Your Hand.' First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ever written. Because they nailed it. That's what everyone wants. Not 24/7 hot wet sex. Not a marriage that lasts a hundred years. Not a Porsche... or a million-dollar crib. No. They wanna hold your hand. They have such a feeling that they can't hide. Every single successful song of the past fifty years can be traced back to 'I W…
Things could change, Gabe," Jonas went on. "Things could be different. I don't know how, but there must be some way for things to be different. There could be colors. And grandparents," he added, staring through the dimness toward the ceiling of his sleepingroom. "And everybody would have the memories.""You know the memories," he whispered, turning toward the crib. Garbriel's breathing was even and deep. Jonas liked having him there, though he felt guilty about the secret. Ea…
Even though we keep talking about counting our blessings, looking at brighter side of things, being positive and so on, do we really practice them when things fall apart at the seams? That is the time we crib and grumble the most. “Why me? Why this? Why that?” and so on are the questions uppermost in our minds. That is the time to remember God’s innumerable mercies and Blessings showered on us in the past. That is the time to practice what you have been saying so many times. …
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Appears in: AARP, Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, S&S, The Atlantic, Three Across, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 435 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).