Crib
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To place or confine in a crib. 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. To engage in academic dishonesty by the illicit use of a pony or cheat sheet; plagiarism. To install timber supports, as with cribbing. To steal or embezzle, to cheat out of: petty thieving.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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. A bed for a child older than a baby. A small sleeping berth in a packet ship or other small vessel A wicker basket; c.f. Moses basket. A manger, a feeding trough for animals elevated off the earth or floor, especially one for fodder such as hay. 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. A bin for drying or storing grain, as with a corn crib. A small room or covered structure, especially one of rough construction, used for storage or penning animals. A covered structure, for confining animals. A stall for large domestic animals. A confined space, as with a cage or office-cubicle A job, a position; (British), an appointment. A hovel, a roughly constructed building best suited to the shelter of animals but used for human habitation. One's residence, or where one normally hangs out. 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. 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. A minor theft, extortion or embezzlement, with or without criminal intent. Short for the card game cribbage. The cards discarded by players and used by the dealer. A known piece of information corresponding to a section of encrypted text, that is then used to work out the remaining sections. A small holiday home, often near a beach and of simple construction.
Example sentence: When I was a kid, I hated being talked to as a kid. I don't know if all kids feel that way, but I seem to remember awful things in the crib, something like people doing baby talk in the crib and sticking their big, fat faces in there and scaring me. So I always talk to kids as if they were a person.
Cot
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes; a camp bed.A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.A crib (child's bed).A finger cover uses to prevent static discharge.A cottage or small homestead.