Crib, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbed p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]
1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. --I. Taylor.
Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. --Shak.
2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.]
Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. --Dickens.
crib
n 1: baby bed with high sides [syn: cot]
2: a literal translation used in studying a foreign language
(often used illicitly) [syn: pony, trot]
3: a card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and
discards one or two to make up the crib [syn: cribbage]
v 1: use a crib, as in an exam
2: take unauthorized (intellectual material)
3: line with beams or planks; "crib a construction hole"
[also: cribbing, cribbed]