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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).
Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).
(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.
Noun[edit]
rib (plural ribs)
- (anatomy) Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.
- 1882, Thomas Hardy, chapter I, in Two on a Tower. A Romance. [...] In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, […], →OCLC, page 1:
- On an early winter afternoon, clear but not cold, when the vegetable world was a weird multitude of skeletons through whose ribs the sun shone freely, a gleaming landau came to a pause on the crest of a hill in Wessex.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- umbrella ribs
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- A teasing joke.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A stalk of celery.
- (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales:
- 'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'
Derived terms[edit]
- abdominal rib
- beef rib
- chuck rib
- false rib
- floating rib
- lierne rib
- middle rib
- prime rib
- ribbed vault
- ribcage
- rib-cage
- rib-eye
- rib eye
- ribeye, ribeye steak
- rib-eye steak
- rib eye steak
- rib-faced deer
- ribgrass
- rib-rack
- ribspare
- rib steak
- rib-tickler
- rib-tickling
- rib vault
- ribwort
- short rib
- spare rib
- spare-rib
- sparerib
- spear-rib
- standing rib
- stick to one's ribs
- toby rib
- true rib
Translations[edit]
curved bone
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part similar to rib
cut of meat
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nautical: part of a ship’s framework
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shaping and supporting member in an aircraft wing
architecture: projecting member
ridge in knitted material
botany: prominent vein in a leaf
archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
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Verb[edit]
rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene vii]:
- It [lead] were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
Translations[edit]
to tease
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).
Noun[edit]
rib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Translations[edit]
Cynoglossum officinale
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Tanacetum balsamita
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Nasturtium officinale
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Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: rib
Noun[edit]
rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)
- rib
- Je kunt haar ribben tellen. ― You can count her ribs.
- Dat is een rib uit mijn lijf. ― That's a rib from my body.
- a truss (wooden frame)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: rib
- Berbice Creole Dutch: rebu
- Negerhollands: rippe, reppe, ribi
- → Papiamentu: repchi, ribtsje (from the diminutive)
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”).
Verb[edit]
rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
Related terms[edit]
Slovene[edit]
Noun[edit]
rib
Yapese[edit]
Adverb[edit]
rib
Zhuang[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣip˧/
- Tone numbers: rib8
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Tai *C̬.lepᴰ (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai เล็บ (lép), Lao ເລັບ (lep), Shan ၼဵပ်ႉ (nâ̰ep), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜆𑜫 (lip), Saek หลี้บ.
Noun[edit]
rib (Sawndip forms 𭻎 or 𭶫, 1957–1982 spelling rib)
Etymology 2[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb[edit]
rib (1957–1982 spelling rib)
- to clean up; to tidy up
- to confiscate
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