crib

A small bed with high sides that keep a baby or young child safe.

• The baby is in her crib.
• We bought a new mattress for the crib.
• Has he grown too big for his crib?

Similar words: cot

Common phrases: baby crib, wooden crib, in the crib

The house or apartment where someone lives.

• Come over to my crib tonight.
• We hung out at his crib after school.
• Have you seen her new crib?

Similar words: place, home, pad

Common phrases: my crib, someone's crib, at the crib

To take words, ideas, or information from another source for your own writing, speech, or notes.

• I cribbed the recipe from a magazine.
• She cribbed useful quotations for her speech.
• Did you crib those notes from the textbook?

How to use it: crib something from someone/something (He cribbed several facts from a history website.); crib from something (She cribbed from her notes while preparing the speech.)

Similar words: copy, borrow, lift

Common phrases: crib from something, crib some notes, crib a recipe