rib
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/rɪb/
🇬🇧
/rɪb/
noun
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One of the curved bones in your chest that protect your heart and lungs.
He broke a rib when he fell off his bike.
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A cut of meat that includes the rib bone.
We grilled pork ribs for dinner.
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A curved support piece in structures like boats or roofs.
The boat's wooden rib helps keep its shape.
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A knitting pattern that creates raised lines.
Her sweater has a rib pattern that makes it stretchy.
verb
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To tease someone in a friendly, joking way.
His friends rib him about his love for old movies.
translation
One of the curved bones in your chest that protect your heart and lungs.; A cut of meat that includes the rib bone.; A curved support piece in structures like boats or roofs.; A knitting pattern that creates raised lines.
To tease someone in a friendly, joking way.
Word Forms
3rd Present
ribs
Progressive
ribbing
Past
ribbed
Plural
ribs
Perfect
ribbed