rib
see also: RIB
Pronunciation Etymology 1
RIB
Noun
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see also: RIB
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb, from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ-.
Cognate with Dutch rib, Norwegian ribbe, Norwegian ribben, Low German ribbe, German Rippe, Old Norse rif, Serbo-Croatian rèbro.
Nounrib (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.
- (architectural element) 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.'
- French: côtelette, côte
- German: Rippchen, costillar
- Italian: spuntatura, costoletta
- Portuguese: costela
- Russian: рёбрышко
- Spanish: costillar
rib (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).
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe.
Nounrib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
RIB
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- Acronym of w:rigid inflatable boat: a lightweight inflatable boat with a rigid hull
- (internet) routing information base
- (boat) rigid inflatable boat
- (boat) rigid-hulled inflatable boat
- (boat) rhibbie
- (boat) ribbie
- (boat) RHIB
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