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crib

/krɪb/

cribnoun

cribs

/krɪb/

Translations

lit à barreauxPour bébé ou jeune enfant.

The baby slept peacefully in her crib.

Le bébé dormait paisiblement dans son lit à barreaux.

antisècheFamilier, surtout dans le milieu scolaire.

She used a crib to help her understand the Latin passage.

Elle a utilisé une antisèche pour l’aider à comprendre le passage latin.

piauleFamilier, pour un logement ou un chez-soi.

After the concert everyone headed back to Mike's crib to hang out.

Après le concert, tout le monde est retourné à la piaule de Mike pour traîner.

mangeoirePour l’alimentation des animaux.

The farmer filled the crib with hay for the horses.

Le fermier a rempli la mangeoire de foin pour les chevaux.

Additional translations

talonDans le jeu de cribbage.

caissonTechnique, pour une structure de soutènement en construction ou en génie civil.

Definitions

A small bed with high sides for a baby or young child.

The baby slept peacefully in her crib.

A barred container or rack for animal feed; a manger.

The farmer filled the crib with hay for the horses.

Slang: a person's home or dwelling, regardless of size or grandeur.

After the concert everyone headed back to Mike's crib to hang out.

A translation of a text for use by students, especially in a surreptitious way.

She used a crib to help her understand the Latin passage.

The extra hand of cards set aside for the dealer and later scored in the game of cribbage; by extension, cribbage itself (informal).

She counted eight points in the crib and won the game.

A sturdy framework of logs or timbers used as a support in construction, mining, or engineering.

The workers built a crib of heavy timbers to shore up the tunnel walls.

Synonyms

bed

infant bed

baby bed

cribbage

cot

cribverb

cribbed

Past Simple

cribbed

Past Participle

cribbing

ing-form

/krɪb/

Translations

restreindreSens figuré : limiter ou brider.

The new regulations cribbed the company's ability to expand its operations.

Les nouvelles réglementations ont restreint la capacité de l’entreprise à développer ses activités.

plagierCopier le travail d’autrui, souvent en cachette.

He was caught cribbing answers from his classmate during the exam.

Il a été surpris en train de plagier les réponses de son camarade pendant l’examen.

Definitions

To copy or plagiarize from another's work, especially surreptitiously.

He was caught cribbing answers from his classmate during the exam.

To confine or restrict, as if in a crib.

The new regulations cribbed the company's ability to expand its operations.

(Of a horse) to bite a solid object and suck in air, a habit known as wind-sucking.

The mare began to crib on the fence rail whenever she was left alone.

Synonyms

cribadjective

Used attributively to qualify another noun, e.g. crib mattress, crib sheet.

Translations

de lit bébéPour les objets destinés au lit d’enfant.

We bought a crib mattress and matching crib sheets.

Nous avons acheté un matelas de lit bébé et des draps assortis pour lit bébé.

Definitions

Designed for or relating to a baby's crib or to a crib (cheat sheet).

We bought a crib mattress and matching crib sheets.

Synonyms