Crib - English meaning

noun

A place of residence; a house or home.

Usage examples:

My humble abode

verb

Archaic past of abide.

noun

The place where someone lives

Usage examples:

[ c ] he was a wanderer with no permanent abode.

noun

A room, group of rooms, or building in which someone may live or stay.

Usage examples:

They were living in temporary accommodation

noun

A place in which to live, work, stay, etc.

Usage examples:

The cost, including flights, accommodation, and meals, was €100,000., temporary accommodation, luxu…

noun

A flat, typically one that is well appointed or used for holidays.

Usage examples:

Self-catering holiday apartments

noun

A set of rooms for living in that includes a kitchen and a bathroom

Usage examples:

They lived in a six-room apartment on the eighth floor.

noun

A set of rooms for living in that are part of a larger building and are usually all on one floor

Usage examples:

He rents an apartment near his workplace., a one-bedroom/two-bedroom apartment, an apartment block/…

adjective

Suitable or proper in the circumstances.

Usage examples:

This isn't the appropriate time or place

verb

Take (something) for one's own use, typically without the owner's permission.

Usage examples:

The accused had appropriated the property

Suitable for a particular person, place, or situation

noun

A child's wicker cradle.

Usage examples:

Cribs, cradles and bassinets are traditionally woven from wickerwork.

noun

A small bed for a very young baby that is able to be moved easily

Usage examples:

It's usually considered safe for a baby to sleep in a bassinet for the first 4-5 months.

adjective

(of alcoholic drink or a recording) made, distributed, or sold illegally.

Usage examples:

Bootleg cassettes

verb

Make, distribute, or sell (alcoholic drink or a recording) illegally.

Usage examples:

He amassed a fortune bootlegging whisky

noun

An illegal musical recording, especially one made at a concert.

noun

A low house having only one storey or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.

Usage examples:

A modest white bungalow

noun

A small portable bed for a baby.

Usage examples:

Louis took the tired baby from her arms and tucked him into the carrycot that stood close to the bed.

noun

A thing made to be similar or identical to another.

Usage examples:

The problem is telling which is the original document and which the copy

verb

Make a similar or identical version of; reproduce.

Usage examples:

Each form had to be copied and sent to a different department

verb

To produce something that is exactly like another thing, or to do something meant to be like someone or something else

Usage examples:

The design was copied from a 19th-century wallpaper., he copied the file onto a diskette., she writ…

noun

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

Usage examples:

He should be put back into his cot to sleep

noun

A small shelter for livestock.

abbreviation

Cotangent.

Usage examples:

Tangent is usually abbreviated to tan and cotangent to cot.

noun

A small house, typically one in the country.

Usage examples:

A holiday cottage

verb

Perform homosexual acts in a public toilet.

Usage examples:

They said that at some point in their lives they've cottaged or cruised in parks

noun

A small house, usually away from a city or town

noun

A baby's bed or cot, typically one mounted on rockers.

Usage examples:

The baby slept peacefully in its cradle

verb

Hold gently and protectively.

Usage examples:

She cradled his head in her arms

noun

A small bed for a baby, esp. one with raised sides that can be pushed gently so that it moves from side to side

Usage examples:

Joe cradled his cup of coffee and began to speak.

adjective

Exactly like something else, especially through having been copied.

Usage examples:

A duplicate set of keys

noun

One of two or more identical things.

Usage examples:

Books may be disposed of if they are duplicates

verb

Short for duplicate bridge.

adjective

Having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations.

Usage examples:

He sat down on a flat rock

adverb

In or to a horizontal position.

Usage examples:

He was lying flat on his back

noun

The flat part of something.

Usage examples:

She placed the flat of her hand over her glass

noun

A person who shows the way to others, especially one employed to show tourists around places of interest.

Usage examples:

A tour guide

verb

Show or indicate the way to (someone).

Usage examples:

He guided her to the front row and sat beside her

verb

Someone employed to conduct others

noun

The place where one lives permanently, especially as a member of a family or household.

Usage examples:

The floods forced many people to flee their homes

adjective

Relating to the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

I don't have your home address

adverb

To or at the place where one lives.

Usage examples:

What time did he get home last night?

noun

A building for human habitation, especially one that consists of a ground floor and one or more upper storeys.

Usage examples:

My wife and i are moving to a new house

verb

Old-fashioned term for bingo.

A dwelling that serves as living quarters for a family

noun

A small piece of shaped metal with incisions cut to fit the wards of a particular lock, which is inserted into a lock and turned to open or close it.

Usage examples:

There were two keys to the cupboard

adjective

Of crucial importance.

Usage examples:

She became a key figure in the suffragette movement

verb

Enter or operate on (data) by means of a computer keyboard or telephone keypad.

Usage examples:

Not everyone can key data quickly and accurately

verb

Raise to a higher position or level.

Usage examples:

He lifted his trophy over his head

noun

A platform or compartment housed in a shaft for raising and lowering people or things to different levels.

Usage examples:

Alice went up to the second floor in the lift

verb

To move something from a lower to a higher position

Usage examples:

[ t ] i can’t lift you up – you’re a big boy now!, [ i always + adv/prep ] the top of the stool lif…

noun

A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.

Usage examples:

It was a place where you can see wild monkeys living in the trees.

verb

Behave in a silly or playful way.

Usage examples:

I saw them monkeying about by the shop

noun

Any of various long-tailed primates

noun

A small cut or notch.

Usage examples:

A small nick on his wrist

verb

Make a nick or nicks in.

Usage examples:

He had nicked himself while shaving

verb

Go quickly or surreptitiously.

Usage examples:

They nicked across the road

noun

A thick piece of soft material, typically used to protect or shape something, or to absorb liquid.

Usage examples:

A pad of cotton wool

verb

Fill or cover (something) with soft material in order to protect it or its contents, make it more comfortable, or give it a particular shape.

Usage examples:

The boxing gloves are padded with impact-resistant foam rubber

noun

The soft dull sound of steady steps.

Usage examples:

He heard the pad of feet

noun

A flat on the top floor of a tall building, typically one that is luxuriously fitted.

Usage examples:

Top floor flats are single-storey penthouses, with fully glazed walls opening on to terraces that o…

noun

A comfortable, expensive apartment or set of rooms at the top of a hotel or tall building

verb

Grip (something, typically a person's flesh) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

Usage examples:

She pinched his cheek

noun

An act of pinching someone.

Usage examples:

He gave her a gentle pinch

verb

Squeeze tightly between the fingers

noun

A person who attacks and robs ships at sea.

Usage examples:

In the three weeks leading up to the attack, sixteen container ships had been boarded by pirates

verb

Use or reproduce (another's work) for profit without permission, usually in contravention of patent or copyright.

Usage examples:

His latest album has been pirated and downloaded so many times since its release that he's lost $10…

verb

Someone who robs and plunders at sea

noun

A particular position, point, or area in space; a location.

Usage examples:

I can't be in two places at once

verb

Put in a particular position.

Usage examples:

A newspaper had been placed beside my plate

noun

An area, town, building, etc.

Usage examples:

Her garden was a cool pleasant place to sit., what was the name of that place we drove through on t…

verb

Take (the work or an idea of someone else) and pass it off as one's own.

Usage examples:

He was fined $6,000 for having plagiarized the song

verb

To use another person’s idea or a part of that person's work and pretend that it is your own

Usage examples:

She’s been accused of plagiarism.

verb

Cook (an egg) without its shell in or over boiling water.

Usage examples:

A breakfast of poached egg and grilled bacon

verb

Illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection.

Usage examples:

20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks

verb

To cook something in water or another liquid that is almost boiling

Usage examples:

Poached eggs, [ t ] anybody you see with a piece of ivory has poached it., [ i ] foreign fishing bo…

noun

Each of four equal or corresponding parts into which something is or can be divided.

Usage examples:

She cut each apple into quarters

verb

Divide into four equal or corresponding parts.

Usage examples:

Peel and quarter the bananas

plural noun

A place where someone lives or has a business

Usage examples:

In 1998 he moved his company to larger quarters on state street.

verb

Produce a copy of.

Usage examples:

His works are reproduced on postcards and posters

noun

A person's home, especially a large and impressive one.

Usage examples:

The youth hostel has been adapted from a private residence

noun

The place where someone lives, or the condition of living somewhere

Usage examples:

[ c ] that big building is the governor’s official residence (= home)., [ u ] she took up residence…

noun

A home, or the fact of living in a particular home

Usage examples:

The property will be used as her main residence., many banks require proof of residence to open an …

verb

Take (another person's property) without permission or legal right and without intending to return it.

Usage examples:

Thieves stole her bicycle

noun

A bargain.

Usage examples:

At £59.95 it's an absolute steal

verb

Take without the owner's consent

noun

The process of translating words or text from one language into another.

Usage examples:

The translation of the bible into english

noun

The activity or process of changing the words of one language into the words in another language that have the same meaning

Usage examples:

Online translation services are not always as accurate as they should be., translation software, tr…