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noun | verb cribcrib1 /krɪb/ noun [countable] ETYMOLOGYcrib1Origin: Old English cribb 1 a bed for a baby or young child, with bars on the sides to keep the baby from falling out2slang the place where someone lives3an open box or wooden frame holding food for animals SYN manger noun | verb cribcrib2 verb (cribbed, cribbing) [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYcrib2Origin: 1700-1800 crib to steal from a basket VERB TABLEcrib |
Present | I, you, we, they | crib | | he, she, it | cribs | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | cribbed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have cribbed | | he, she, it | has cribbed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had cribbed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will crib | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have cribbed |
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Present | I | am cribbing | | he, she, it | is cribbing | | you, we, they | are cribbing | Past | I, he, she, it | was cribbing | | you, we, they | were cribbing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been cribbing | | he, she, it | has been cribbing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been cribbing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be cribbing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been cribbing |
to copy something from someone else, sometimes dishonestly SYN copy: crib something from somebody a phrase cribbed from Thomas Jefferson [Origin: 1700–1800 crib to steal from a basket] |