rib
See also: RIB
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
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.'
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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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VerbEdit
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).
TranslationsEdit
to tease
Etymology 2Edit
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).
NounEdit
rib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
TranslationsEdit
Cynoglossum officinale
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Tanacetum balsamita
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Nasturtium officinale
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Further readingEdit
AnagramsEdit
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
PronunciationEdit
- Hyphenation: rib
NounEdit
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribją.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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 termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”).
VerbEdit
rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
Related termsEdit
SloveneEdit
NounEdit
rib
YapeseEdit
AdverbEdit
rib
ZhuangEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ɣip˧/
- Tone numbers: rib8
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1Edit
From Proto-Tai *C̬.lepᴰ (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai เล็บ (lép), Lao ເລັບ (lep), Shan ၼဵပ်ႉ (nâ̰ep), Ahom 𑜎𑜢𑜆𑜫 (lip), Saek หลี้บ.
NounEdit
rib (Sawndip forms 𭻎 or 𭶫, 1957–1982 spelling rib)
Etymology 2Edit
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VerbEdit
rib (1957–1982 spelling rib)
- to clean up; to tidy up
- to confiscate