Definition of ribs

"ribs" in the noun sense

1. rib

support resembling the rib of an animal

2. 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. rib

cut of meat including one or more ribs

4. rib

a teasing remark

5. rib

a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant

6. rib

a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling may be ornamental or structural

"ribs" in the verb sense

1. rib

form vertical ribs by knitting

"A ribbed sweater"

2. 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"

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Quotations for ribs

Birchen twigs
Break no ribs. [ Proverb ]

Fat paunches make lean pates, and dainty bits
Make rich the ribs, but bankrupt quite the wits. [ William Shakespeare, Love's Labor Lost ]

I was all ear, and took in strains that might create a soul under the ribs of death. [ Milton ]

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Words containing the sequence ribs

Words that start with ribs (4 words)

Words with ribs in them (3 words)

Words that end with ribs (5 words)

Word Growth involving ribs

Shorter words in ribs

rib

Longer words containing ribs

cribs cribsheet cribsheets

dribs midribs

ribshaped

ribstone ribstones

spareribs