Crib vs. Cradle

Crib and Cradle Definitions
Crib
A bed with high sides for a young child or baby.
Cradle
A small low bed for an infant, often furnished with rockers.
Crib
A small building, usually with slatted sides, for storing corn.
Cradle
The earliest period of life
Had an interest in music almost from the cradle.
Crib
A rack or trough for fodder; a manger.
Cradle
A place of origin; a birthplace
The cradle of civilization.
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Crib
A stall for cattle.
Cradle
A framework of wood or metal used to support something, such as a ship undergoing construction or repair.
Crib
A small crude cottage or room.
Cradle
A framework used to protect an injured limb.
Crib
(Slang) One's home.
Cradle
A low flat framework that rolls on casters, used by a mechanic working beneath an automobile. Also called creeper.
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Crib
A framework to support or strengthen a mine or shaft.
Cradle
The part of a telephone that contains the connecting switch upon which the receiver and mouthpiece unit is supported.
Crib
A wicker basket.
Cradle
A frame projecting above the blade of a scythe, used to catch grain as it is cut so that it can be laid flat.
Crib
A petty theft.
Cradle
A scythe equipped with such a frame.
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Crib
Plagiarism.
Cradle
A boxlike device furnished with rockers, used for washing gold-bearing dirt.
Crib
See pony.
Cradle
To place or retain in a cradle.
Crib
See cheat sheet.
Cradle
To care for or nurture in infancy.
Crib
(Games) A set of cards made up from discards by each player in cribbage, used by the dealer.
Cradle
To hold or support protectively
Cradled the cat in his arms.
Crib
To confine or cramp.
Cradle
(Sports) In hockey, to keep possession of (the puck) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the puck from sliding away.
Crib
To furnish with a crib.
Cradle
(Sports) In lacrosse, to keep possession of (the ball) by moving the stick back and forth to prevent the ball from falling to the ground or resting too low in the webbing for easy release.
Crib
To plagiarize (an idea or answer, for example).
Cradle
To reap (grain) with a cradle.
Crib
To steal.
Cradle
To place or support (a ship, for example) in a cradle.
Crib
To plagiarize; cheat.
Cradle
To wash (gold-bearing dirt) in a cradle.
Crib
(US) A baby’s bed with high, often slatted, often moveable sides, suitable for a child who has outgrown a cradle or bassinet.
Cradle
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots.
Crib
(British) A bed for a child older than a baby.
Cradle
(figuratively) The place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence.
A cradle of crime
The cradle of liberty
Crib
(nautical) A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel
Cradle
(figuratively) Infancy, or very early life.
From the cradle to the grave
Crib
A wicker basket.
Moses basket
Cradle
An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
Crib
A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay.
Cradle
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Crib
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.
Cradle
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
Crib
A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib.
Cradle
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Crib
A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals.
Cradle
A frame to keep the bedclothes from contact with the sensitive parts of an injured person.
Crib
A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle
Cradle
(mining) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth.
Crib
(obsolete) A job, a position; (British) an appointment.
Cradle
(mining) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.
Crib
A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation.
Cradle
(carpentry) A ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
Crib
One’s residence, house or dwelling place, or usual place of resort.
Cradle
(nautical) A basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
The cradle was ill-made. One victim fell into the sea and was lost and the ensuing delay cost three more lives.
Crib
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.
Cradle
A rest for the receiver of a telephone, or for certain computer hardware.
He slammed the handset into the cradle.
Crib
A collection of quotes or references for use in speaking, for assembling a written document, or as an aid to a project of some sort; a crib sheet.
Cradle
(contact juggling) A hand position allowing a contact ball to be held steadily on the back of the hand.
Crib
(obsolete) A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent.
Cradle
A mechanical device for tilting and decanting a bottle of wine.
Crib
(cribbage) The card game cribbage.
Cradle
(transitive) To contain in or as if in a cradle.
Crib
(cribbage) The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer.
Cradle
(transitive) To rock a baby to sleep.
Crib
(cryptography) A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections.
Cradle
(transitive) To wrap protectively, to hold gently and protectively.
Cradling the injured man’s head in her arms
Crib
A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
Cradle
To lull or quieten, as if by rocking.
Crib
A snack or packed lunch, especially as taken to work to eat during a break.
Cradle
To nurse or train in infancy.
Crib
(Canada) A small raft made of timber.
Cradle
(lacrosse) To rock the lacrosse stick back and forth in order to keep the ball in the head by means of centrifugal force.
Crib
The stomach.
Cradle
To cut and lay (grain) with a cradle.
Crib
A literal translation, usually of a work originally in Latin or Ancient Greek.
Cradle
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
Crib
(slang) A cheat sheet or past test used by students; crib sheet.
Cradle
To put ribs across the back of (a picture), to prevent the panels from warping.
Crib
(transitive) To place or confine in a crib.
Cradle
A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinging on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.
The cradle that received thee at thy birth.
No sooner was I crept out of my cradleBut I was made a king, at nine months old.
Crib
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
Cradle
Infancy, or very early life.
From their cradles bred together.
A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles.
Crib
(transitive) 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.
I cribbed the recipe from the Food Network site, but made a few changes of my own.
Cradle
An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it evenly in a swath.
Crib
To plagiarize; to copy; to cheat.
Cradle
A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.
Crib
(intransitive) To install timber supports, as with cribbing.
Cradle
A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.
Crib
To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of.
Cradle
A case for a broken or dislocated limb.
Crib
(Indian English) To complain, to grumble
Cradle
A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; - also called a rocker.
Crib
To crowd together, or to be confined, as if in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
Cradle
The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster.
Crib
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind.
Cradle
The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck.
Crib
A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.
The steer lion at one crib shall meet.
Cradle
To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.
It cradles their fears to sleep.
Crib
A stall for oxen or other cattle.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean.
Cradle
To nurse or train in infancy.
He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars.
Crib
A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.
Cradle
To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.
Crib
A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.
Cradle
To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.
In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade.
Crib
A hovel; a hut; a cottage.
Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great?
Cradle
To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled.
Crib
A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.
Cradle
A baby bed with sides and rockers
Crib
A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; - used for docks, pier, dams, etc.
Cradle
Where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence;
The birthplace of civilization
Crib
A small raft of timber.
Cradle
Birth of a person;
He was taught from the cradle never to cry
Crib
A small theft; anything purloined; a plagiarism; hence, a translation or key, etc., to aid a student in preparing or reciting his lessons.
The Latin version technically called a crib.
Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib.
Cradle
A trough on rockers used by gold miners to shake earth in water in order to separate the gold
Crib
A miner's luncheon.
Cradle
Hold gently and carefully;
He cradles the child in his arms
Crib
The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.
Cradle
Bring up from infancy
Crib
To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.
If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped.
Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined.
Cradle
Hold or place in or as if in a cradle;
He cradled the infant in his arms
Crib
To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton.
Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace.
Cradle
Cut grain with a cradle scythe
Crib
To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations.
Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed.
Cradle
Wash in a cradle;
Cradle gold
Crib
To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination.
Cradle
Run with the stick
Crib
To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; - said of a horse.
Crib
Baby bed with high sides
Crib
A literal translation used in studying a foreign language (often used illicitly)
Crib
A card game in which each player is dealt 6 cards and discards one or two to make up the crib
Crib
Use a crib, as in an exam
Crib
Take unauthorized (intellectual material)
Crib
Line with beams or planks;
Crib a construction hole