Rib

  • 21rib — I. /rɪb / (say rib) noun 1. one of a series of long, slender, curved bones, occurring in pairs, more or less enclosing the thoracic cavity, and articulated with the vertebrae. 2. a cut of meat, as beef, containing a rib. 3. some thing or part… …

  • 22rib — [[t]rɪ̱b[/t]] ribs, ribbing, ribbed 1) N COUNT Your ribs are the 12 pairs of curved bones that surround your chest. Her heart was thumping against her ribs... My face was covered with bruises and I had a broken rib. 2) N COUNT: usu N of n, n N A… …

    English dictionary

  • 23rib — I UK [rɪb] / US noun Word forms rib : singular rib plural ribs * 1) [countable] one of the long curved bones that are in your chest The child was so thin you could see its ribs. He suffered bruising and a cracked rib. 2) a) [countable] one of the …

    English dictionary

  • 24rib — I [[t]rɪb[/t]] n. v. ribbed, rib•bing 1) one of a series of curved bones that are articulated with the vertebrae and occur in pairs, 12 in humans, on each side of the vertebrate body, certain pairs being connected with the sternum and forming the …

    From formal English to slang

  • 25rib — rib1 [ rıb ] noun * 1. ) count one of the long curved bones that are in your chest: broken/cracked/bruised ribs 2. ) count one of the bones that are in the chest of an animal a ) count usually plural a piece of meat attached to the rib of an… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26rib — rìb interj. kartojant 1. mirgėjimui, raibuliavimui žymėti: Rìb rìb akėse – i kas galėtų būti?! Krš. Akėse rìb rìb – a virsu iš kojų! Krš. Rib rib akys markstos arba mirgėti pradeda J. 2. greitam traukimui, bėgimui žymėti: Rib rib į kalną ir… …

    Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language

  • 27rib — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English ribb; akin to Old High German rippi rib, Old Church Slavic rebro, and probably to Greek erephein to roof over Date: before 12th century 1. a. any of the paired curved bony or partly… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28rib — rib1 [rıb] n ↑backbone, ↑breastbone, ↑collarbone, ↑kneecap, ↑pelvis, ↑skull, ↑spine, ↑rib [: Old English;] 1.) one of the 12 pairs of curved bones that surround your chest ▪ She was ta …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29RIB — Die Abkürzung RIB steht für: rigid inflatable boat, siehe Festrumpfschlauchboot Research Integracy Backbone, ein Begriff der Netzwerktechnik Riberalta, bolivianischer Flughafen Rock in Berg, eine Gruppierung aus Süddeutschland Remote Insight… …

    Deutsch Wikipedia

  • 30rib — n. 1) to poke smb. in the ribs 2) a false; floating rib 3) (misc.) to break, fracture a rib * * * [rɪb] floating rib fracture a rib (misc.) to break a false to poke smb. in the ribs …

    Combinatory dictionary