n. A baby’s bed (British and Australasian cot) with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.n. A bed for a child older than a baby.n. A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vesseln. A wicker basket; compare Moses basket.n. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.n. 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.n. A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.n. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.n. A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubiclen. A job, a position; (British), an appointment.n. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.n. One’s residence, or where one normally hangs out.n. A boxy structure traditionally built of heavy wooden timbers, to support an existing structure from below, as with a mineshaft or a building being raised off its foundation in preparation for being moved; see cribbing.n. A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.n. A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.n. : Short for the card game cribbage.n. : The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.n. A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.n. A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.n. A packed lunch taken to work.v. To place or confine in a crib.v. 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.v. To install timber supports, as with cribbing.v. To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of: petty thieving.v. To complain, to grumblev. To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.v. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.