rib
See also: RIB
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĭb, IPA(key): /ɹɪb/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪb
Etymology 1
ribs (1) forming a human rib cage
smoked ribs (3)
ribs (5) of an aircraft wing
rib vault (6)
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
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 654408264, 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.
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- (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.'
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
Derived terms
- chuck rib
- middle rib
- ribbed vault
- ribcage
- ribeye, ribeye steak
- ribgrass
- ribspare
- rib-tickler
- ribwort
- sparerib
- stick to one's ribs
Translations
curved bone
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part similar to rib
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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
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architecture: projecting member
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ridge in knitted material
botany: prominent vein in a leaf
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teasing joke
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single strand of hair
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stalk of celery
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archaic, literary, humorous: wife woman
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Verb
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 606515358, [Act II, scene vii]:
- It [lead] were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
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- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
Translations
to equip with ribs
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to tease
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Etymology 2
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Translations
Cynoglossum officinale
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Tanacetum balsamita
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Nasturtium officinale
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Further reading
rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BIR, BRI, Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rib
Noun
rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)
- (anatomy) rib
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rɪp/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: rib
- Rhymes: -ɪp
Noun
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
- ribbenkast
- ribstuk
- scheepsrib
Descendants
- Afrikaans: rib
- Berbice Creole Dutch: rebu
- Negerhollands: rippe, reppe, ribi
- → Papiamentu: repchi, ribtsje (from the diminutive)
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”).
Verb
rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
- trap, ensnare
Related terms
- ribe
Slovene
Noun
rib
- genitive dual/plural of riba
Yapese
Adverb
rib
- very
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣip˧/
- Tone numbers: rib8
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *C̬.lepᴰ (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai เล็บ (lép), Lao ເລັບ (lep), Shan ၼဵပ်ႉ (nâ̰ep), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜆𑜫 (lip), Saek หลี้บ.
Noun
rib (Sawndip forms 𭻎 or 𭶫, 1957–1982 spelling rib)
- nail (on fingers and toes)
- Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep
- claw; talon
- Synonym: nyauj
- hoof
- Synonym: ve
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
rib (1957–1982 spelling rib)
- to clean up; to tidy up
- to confiscate