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1. (noun) rib
support resembling the rib of an animal

2. (noun) rib, costa
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. (noun) rib
cut of meat including one or more ribs

4. (noun) rib
a teasing remark

5. (noun) rib
a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

6. (verb) rib
a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

7. (verb) rib
form vertical ribs by knitting
"A ribbed sweater"

8. (verb) ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun
subject to laughter or ridicule
"The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"

Definitions of 'rib'

Webster 1913 Dictionary

1. (noun) rib
one of the curved bones attached to the vertebral column and supporting the lateral walls of the thorax

2. (noun) rib
that which resembles a rib in form or use

3. (noun) rib
one of the timbers, or bars of iron or steel, that branch outward and upward from the keel, to support the skin or planking, and give shape and strength to the vessel

4. (noun) rib
a ridge, fin, or wing, as on a plate, cylinder, beam, etc., to strengthen or stiffen it

5. (noun) rib
one of the rods on which the cover of an umbrella is extended

6. (noun) rib
a prominent line or ridge, as in cloth

7. (noun) rib
a longitudinal strip of metal uniting the barrels of a double-barreled gun

8. (noun) rib
the chief nerve, or one of the chief nerves, of a leaf

9. (noun) rib
any longitudinal ridge in a plant

10. (noun) rib
in Gothic vaulting, one of the primary members of the vault. These are strong arches, meeting and crossing one another, dividing the whole space into triangles, which are then filled by vaulted construction of lighter material. Hence, an imitation of one of these in wood, plaster, or the like

11. (noun) rib
a projecting mold, or group of moldings, forming with others a pattern, as on a ceiling, ornamental door, or the like

12. (noun) rib
solid coal on the side of a gallery; solid ore in a vein

13. (noun) rib
an elongated pillar of ore or coal left as a support

14. (noun) rib
a wife; -- in allusion to Eve, as made out of Adam's rib

15. (verb) rib
to furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and channels; as, to rib cloth

16. (verb) rib
to inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in

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