Rib

Definition: Rib

Rib

Noun

1. Support resembling the rib of an animal.

2. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates).

3. Cut of meat including one or more ribs.

4. A riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant.

5. A projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural.

Verb

1. Form vertical ribs by knitting.

2. Subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "rib" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Transportation

Dream Interpretation

Fine Arts

Industry

Mechanical Engineering

Mining

Slang in 1811

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Synonyms: Rib

Convexity

Peg, button, stud, ridge, rib, jutty, trunnion, snag.

Marriage

Bridesmaid, bridesman, best man; bride, bridegroom. married man, married woman, married couple; neogamist, Benedict, partner, spouse, mate, yokemate; husband, man, consort, baron; old man, good man; wife of one's bosom; helpmate, rib, better half, gray mare, old woman, old lady, good wife, goodwife.

Punishment

Strike; deal a blow to, administer the lash, smite; slap, slap the face; smack, cuff, box the ears, spank, thwack, thump, beat, lay on, swinge, buffet; thresh, thrash, pummel, drub, leather, trounce, sandbag, baste, belabor; lace, lace one's jacket; dress, dress down, give a dressing, trim, warm, wipe, tund, cob, bang, strap, comb, lash, lick, larrup, wallop, whop, flog, scourge, whip, birch, cane, give the stick, switch, flagellate, horsewhip, bastinado, towel, rub down with an oaken towel, rib roast, dust one's jacket, fustigate, pitch into, lay about one, beat black and blue; beat to a mummy, beat to a jelly; give a black eye.

Support

Supporter; aid; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit, outrigger; ratlings.

Crosswords: Rib

Dutch (cutlet, mountain ridge, rib), Scottish (hair, va. ensnare).

I think I have a broken rib. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary)

In episode 2F09, when Itchy plays Scratchy's skeleton like a xylophone, he strikes the same rib in succession, yet he produces two clearly different tones (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

If not, I'll pull out your rib cage and wear it as a hat. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

She wanna rib you up to start a custody war, my lawyers stay down (Ms. Jackson; performing artist: Outkast)

Adam's Rib (1973)

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Books

• Kitty, My Rib (reference)

• Prime Rib and Apple (reference)

• Thoracic Spine and Rib Cage: Musculoskeletal Evaluation and Treatment (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Rib International (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Adam's Rib (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• My Missing Rib (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Rib High Voltage Power Cord (reference)

• SUPERFINE RIB 150 DFT-SHTS SC2000 (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Koala Baby - Cotton Rib Blanket - Sage (reference)

• Stabila 27065 32" Magnetic Rib Reinforced Level (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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Shows illustration of breast structure: rib, muscle, lobes, ducts, nipple, areola, fat. (8x10 negative). Credit: Susan Spangler (artist).

The two Adams: 'It was my rib, Eve' / Knott. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Muley took a bite of meat from the edge of a rib bone and chewed it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The two kidneys are bean-shaped organs located near the middle of the back, just below the rib cage to the left and right of the spine. (references)

The bones are weakened, and routine activities such as bending, lifting or rising from a chair may lead to backaches, rib and spinal column fractures. (references)

Associated abnormalities may include scoliosis, spina bifida, kidney anomalies, deafness, rib anomalies, cleft palate, respiratory problems, and heart malformations. (references)

Human Rights

United Kingdom

In total the security forces fired 108 plastic bullets during the year, compared with 25 in 2000. According to PSNI rules, plastic bullets should be aimed below the rib cage; nevertheless, the use of plastic bullets in prior years resulted in 17 deaths and numerous head and upper body injuries. (references)

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Rib

Expressions using "rib": 6 and 3 rib ♦ Cervical Rib Syndrome ♦ Chuck rib ♦ Derby rib ♦ Diagonal rib ♦ false rib ♦ floating rib ♦ full cardigan rib ♦ half cardigan rib ♦ knitted single rib ♦ Lierne rib ♦ middle rib ♦ milano rib ♦ nose rib ♦ plain rib ♦ polka rib ♦ pork rib ♦ rib cage ♦ rib grass ♦ rib joint pliers ♦ Rib Lake ♦ Rib Mountain ♦ rib roast ♦ rib site ♦ rib stitch ♦ royal rib ♦ short rib ♦ standing rib roast ♦ stick to one's rib ♦ straight rib ♦ strengthening rib ♦ To rib land ♦ true rib ♦ wing rib. Additional references.

Beginning with "rib": Rib-band lines, rib-cage, rib-crushing, rib-free, rib-hugging, rib-knit, rib-knitted, rib-like, Rib-Polydactyly, rib-protector, rib-revealing, rib-splintering, rib-splitting, rib-sticking, rib-tickling, rib-tingling, rib-tip, rib-vaulted.

Ending with "rib": bald-rib, full-needle-rib, mid-rib, moti-rib, skinny-rib, Spare-rib.

Containing "rib": outer wing-rib construction, skinny-rib jumper.

Albanian

sop (bung, height), nervaturë (nervation), lamar, hulli (furrow, stria), e ngritur (lift, offset, protuberance, swelling, uprise), brinjë (arris, hillside, ribbing, side), bri (hooter, horn, klaxon, prong). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نكتة (anecdote, crack, gag, hoax, jest, joke, pleasantries, witticism), ‏نتوء جبلي (buttress, ridge), ‏غيظ (anger, annoy, chafe, embitter, fret, gall, incense, infuriate, ire, irritate, madden, nettle, offend, peeve, pique, provoke, rage, resentment, rile, ruffle, scandalize, spite, twit, vex, wrath), ‏سخر (befool, chip, debunk, deride, fleer, guy, jape, jeer, kid, lampoon, laugh at, make a game of, make fun of, mimic, mock, monkey, override, persiflage, pillory, poke fun, pooh pooh, quip, quiz, rally, ridicule, satirize, scoff, send up, smile, snap, sneer, snigger, taunt, tee-hee, twit), ‏عرق معدني (ledge, lode, reef, streak), ‏ضلع في ورق الشجر, ‏ضلع (chop, groin, side), ‏ضحك (chortle, comicality, giggle, laugh, laugh off, laughter, move, raise, scream, set off, tickle), ‏خديد. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нервюра (nervation), изпъкнала ивица на плат, ивица между две бразди (balk, baulk), плета ластик, пародия (burlesque, mimicry, mock, parody, put on, send up, skit, take off, travesty), парче месо от ребрата, подпорна греда (girder), правя бразди (furrow), правя ръбове, лице на ластик, жилка на лист, жена (female, frail, gin, heifer, hen, lady, lay, muslin, petticoat, piece, placket, skirt, woman), закачам (append, bangle, catch, clasp, dangle, graze, hang, hang out, hang up, hitch, hook, jive, jolly, pin on, pin up, put up, ride, roast, rough-house, tease, tooth, twit), закачка (chaff, fun, gird, jest, kidding, pleasantry, tease, twit, waggery, yak), дразня (annoy, bait, bosh, bugger about, bullyrag, burn up, dig, exacerbate, fetch, fray, fuss, gall, gravel, gripe, harass, irritate, jar, jive, mad, madden, nag, niggle, nip, offend, peeve, pinprick, piss off, play up, provoke, rag, rasp, ride, rile, rub, spite, tease, titillate, try, twit, vex, worry), реборд (ledge), укрепвам с греди, склон на планина, ръб (arris, board, border, brim, brink, crease, edge, flange, fold, fringe, hem, keel, ledge, limb, list, margin, rand, ridge, rim, shoulder, side), рудна жила (course, ledge, lode, reef), ребро на кръстовиден свод (groin), надлъжна греда на покрив (purlin), ребро (arris, fin, hip, horn), набраздявам (furrow, gully, gutter, line, ridge, seam), радиална пръчка на чадър, шега (chaff, fun, game, hoax, jape, jest, jig, joke, lark, pleasantry, prank, quiz, raillery, sport, tease, trick, waggery), шпангоут (timber), основна греда (groundsel, plate), ос на перо, укрепвам с ребра, ребро адамово. (various references)

Catalan

costella. (various references)

Chamorro

kustiyas. (various references)

Chinese 

肋骨 . (various references)

Czech

opatřit žebry, drát (wire), žilka (nerve, string, vein), žebro (nerve), škádlit (bait, banter, kid, tease). (various references)

Danish

ribben. (various references)

Dutch

ribbe (beam, girder, mountain ridge), rib (cutlet, mountain ridge), ribbel, nerf (vein). (various references)

Esperanto

ripo, vergeto. (various references)

Faeroese

rivjabein, riv (reef). (various references)

Farsi 

پشت بندزدن , مرزگذاشتن , هرچیزشبیه دنده , نهرکندن (Grip), گوشت دنده , تکه گوشت دنده دار, شیاردارکردن (Channel, Groove, Gutter, Ridge, Rut), دنده دارکردن , دنده (Gear). (various references)

Finnish

ripa (handle). (various references)

French

côte (rib fabric), nervure (plain rib, strengthening rib, wing rib). (various references)

Frisian

ribbe. (various references)

German

Rippe (costa, fin, Gill, ridge, row, segment, vein). (various references)

Greek 

ύφανση ριπ (cord, puffed portion, raised portion), σχηματίζω ραβδώσεισ (groove), σχηματίζω πλευρέσ, ιστός (cobweb, mast, tissue), νεύρωση ενίσχυσης (strengthening rib), νεύρωμα (plain rib, web, wing rib), πλευρό (flank, side), πλευρά (aspect, flank, pleura, side), υποστήριγμα (bracket, cantilever, crutch, shore, strut, support, suspensory, sustainment), υποστήριξη (backing, countenance, maintenance, patronage, subvention, support), ενισχυτικό στήριγμα (stay, sturdy rib), ενίσχυση (amplification, amplifying, invigoration, reinforcement, relief). (various references)

Hawaiian

bri (hooter, horn, klaxon). (various references)

Hebrew 

ללגלג (gibe, mock, poke fun, rally, scoff, sneer, taunt), שנץ (cord, lace, latch, ligature, strap, string), צלע (beam, hemistich, leg, side). (various references)

Hungarian

feleség (better half, marrow, missus, old woman, wife, wives), bordázat (baffle, bands, corrugation, frame, ribbing, shell), borda (corrugation, costal, stem, stretcher, Wale). (various references)

Indonesian

tulang rusuk, iga. (various references)

Italian

costola (back, backing, cleat, cord, heavy cord, midrib, stiffener, stiffening plate, tread bar, tyre tread, web), nervatura (branch, nervation, nerves, nervous system, ribs, veining). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

鉱柱 (pillar), 肋骨 (frame), 肋 (rib cage), 畝 (area measure ca. 100 sqm, ridge, thirty tsubo), リビア山猫 (liberation, libido, Libyan wildcat, lift, liftback, living, living kitchen, living room, living room set, living stock, makeover, rebate, reboot, reference, reference guide, referencer, refinance, refine, reflation, reflect, reflection, reflective, reform instructor, reform plan, refrain, refresh, refreshment, repeat, repeater, replace, replicate, replication, reply, repression, reprint, reproduction, revision, rib roast, rift, ripple, rivet, updating). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

リブ (liberation), うね (ridge), こうちゅう (beetle, collation editing, hookworm, interior of the mouth, pillar, proofreading and annotation, space flight), あばらぼね (frame), あばら (rib cage), ろっこつ (frame). (various references)

Korean 

늑골. (various references)

Manx

thooaney (lath), thooane (lath), studdyl, rimmeig (line on the skin, stripe, weal), cur studdyl ayn, cur asney ayn, asney (fin, nerve, timber). (various references)

Maya

chala'at. (various references)

Papago

ho'onma. (various references)

Papiamen

repchi. (various references)

Pig Latin

ibray.(various references)

Portuguese

reforço (draught, fish, fortification, intensification, shroud), nervura (groin, nerve, vein), costela. (various references)

Romanian

soţie (consort, feme, goodwife, helpmate, partner, spouse, wife, yoke fellow), nevastã (goodwife, lady, spouse, wife, woman), nervurã (fin, nervure, string, vein), jumãtate (a half, half, halfness, moiety), consoartã (consort, spouse), coastã (beach, coast, sea-shore, seaside, shore, side, slope, wing), cercevea (frame, sash, window frame). (various references)

Romansch

costa (coast). (various references)

Russian 

ребро (arris, corner, edge, heel, margin). (various references)

Scottish

aisinn, aisean. (various references)

Sepedi

kgopo. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

rebro, zadirkivati (badinage, chaff, josh, kid, needle, put on, rag, tease, twit), šala (dalliance, dido, farce, fun, have on, jest, joke, lark, pleasantry, rag, sally, trick). (various references)

Spanish

costilla (flight, midrib, paddle, plain rib, scraper, wing rib), nervio (fiber, fibre, nerve, sinew, stamina). (various references)

Sranan

lebriki, krabnay. (various references)

Swahili

ubavu. (various references)

Swazi

lú-bhambo. (various references)

Swedish

revben, spröt (antenna). (various references)

Thai

เนื้อติดซี่โครง, เส้นใบไม้, เย้าแหย่, โครงเส้นสำหรับถักไหมพรม, โครงร่าง (silhouette), ซี่โครง, จัดให้เป็นโครง. (various references)

Turkish

kafa bulmak (have smb. on, ironize, jape, pull one's leg, rally, ride, send up), çubuklarla desteklemek, şemsiye teli, dalga geçmek (cod, gibe, jape, jeer, jibe, kid, make fun of, make merry over, monkey around, pull smb.'s leg, rag, razz, ridicule, scoff, send up), fitil (candlewick, cord, detonator, flute, fuse, fuze, piping, portfire, Seton, suppository, Wick), hanım (Dame, lady, mamasan, Miss, missis, mistress, mrs, mrs., ms, ms., wife, wifie), çubuk (baton, chopstick, rod, stave, stick, strip, stripe, switch, tobacco pipe, wand), kaburga kemiği, zevce (goodwife, squaw, wife), kiriş (balk, baulk, beam, bowstring, catgut, chord, girder, gut, joist, ligament, rafter, sinew, span, string, stringcourse, Stringer, tendinous, tendon, tie, tie beam, timber, traverse, wire), nervür, pervaz (cincture, cornice, cyma, dressing, fringe, jamb, molding, moulding, reveal, ribbon, shelf, sill, Wale, wheal), pirzola (chop, cutlet, rib roast), takılmak (banter, be affixed, be attached, catch, chaff, chip, guy, hang out, haunt, hook, impose oneself on, jam, jam in, jolly, Josh, kid, lark, lark about, lark around, lock, lock on, pull smb.'s leg, rally, rot, seize, seize up, snag, sport, stick, stick around, tease), yaprak damarı (costal, keel, nervure, trachea), kaburga. (various references)

Turkmen 

gapyrga. (various references)

Ukrainian

ребро (arris), гострий край (razor edge), зміцнювати ребрами. (various references)

Vietnamese 

gáy sách. (various references)

Welsh

eisen (lath), asen (ass, she-ass). (various references)

1. ti. (various references)

costam, costas, costis. (various references)

coste. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "rib": ribald, ribaldly, ribaldries, ribaldry, ribalds, riband, ribands, ribavirin, ribavirins, ribband, ribbands, ribbed, ribber, ribbers, ribbier, ribbiest, ribbing, ribbings, ribbon, ribboned, ribbonfish, ribbonfishes, ribboning, ribbonlike, ribbons, ribbony, ribby, ribes, ribeye, ribeyes, ribgrass, ribgrasses, ribier, ribiers, ribless, riblet, riblets, riblike, riboflavin, riboflavins, ribonuclease, ribonucleases, ribonucleoprotein, ribonucleoproteins, ribonucleoside, ribonucleosides, ribonucleotide, ribonucleotides, ribose, riboses, ribosomal. (additional references)

Words ending with "rib": corncrib, crib, drib, midrib, sparerib. (additional references)

Words containing "rib": agribusiness, agribusinesses, agribusinessman, agribusinessmen, ariboflavinoses, ariboflavinosis, ascribable, ascribe, ascribed, ascribes, ascribing, attributable, attribute, attributed, attributes, attributing, attribution, attributional, attributions, attributive, attributively, attributives, beribboned, beriberi, beriberis, bribable, bribe, bribed, bribee, bribees, briber, briberies, bribers, bribery, bribes, bribing, caribe, caribes, caribou, caribous, circumscribe, circumscribed, circumscribes, circumscribing, conscribe, conscribed, conscribes, conscribing, contribute, contributed, contributes. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Rib" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: arib, erib, Eribo, frib, ir, Irbm, Irh, irib, irq, Irv, irz, kib, krib, Mrbi, orib, pibb, prib, Rabb, rabh, Rabo, raby, raiby, ranb, Raob, reab, rebo, recb, recbc, reeb, reib, Repb, Retb, reub, rewb, rfb, rfi, rfu, rgb, rhi, ri, riba, ribby, ribe, ribh, Ribhi, ri-bhi, ribi, ribo, ribz, rieb, rif, Rij, rik, rilb, Rilby, rimb, Rimbu, riq, rir, Risby, riu, riv, riw, rix, rixby, riy, riz, robb, roib, Rtitb, Rubb, ruib, ryb, ryeb, ryr, ryw, ryx, srib, urib, wrib, zib. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: bi.

+1 letter: abri, bier, bird, birk, birl, birr, brie, brig, brim, brin, brio, bris, brit, crib, drib, ribs.

+2 letters: abris, bairn, baric, bider, biers, biker, birch, birds, birks, birle, birls, birrs, birse, birth, biter, boric, braid, brail, brain, bravi, briar, bribe, brick, bride, brief, brier, bries, brigs, brill, brims, brine, bring, brink, brins, briny, brios, brisk, brits, britt, broil, bruin, bruit, burin, cribs, dribs, fiber, fibre, giber, jiber, krubi, liber, libra, libri, mbira, orbit, oribi, rabbi, rabic, rabid, rebid, ribby, ribes, robin, sabir, tribe, urbia.