Meaning

16 senses
  1. Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum.

    Rippe

    ребро́rebró

    ребро́rebró

    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)

  2. (broadly)A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.

    a broken rib on the umbrella

    Rippe, Strebe

    support resembling the rib of an animal

  3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.

    Rippchen

    рёбрышкиrjóbryški

    cut of meat including one or more ribs

  4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.

    Spant

    ребро́rebró

  5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.

    Rippe

  6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

    Gewölberippe, Rippe

  7. A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.

  8. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.

  9. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.

  10. A teasing joke.

    a teasing remark

  11. (Ireland, colloquial)A single strand of hair.

  12. A stalk of celery.

    Stängel, Stange

Examples

85 sentences
  1. I have a broken rib.

    У мене зламане ребро.

    ruУ меня сломано ребро.

    deIch habe eine gebrochene Rippe.

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  2. He elbowed me in the ribs.

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  3. Tom elbowed me in the ribs.

    ruТом толкнул меня локтем под рёбра.

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  4. Are any of my ribs broken?

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  5. Tom poked me in the ribs.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
curved bone:
Русский
By meaning 2
curved bone:
cut of meat:
Deutsch
By meaning 6
curved bone:
part similar to rib:
cut of meat:
nautical: part of a ship’s framework:
architecture: projecting member:
stalk of celery:

Origin

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *r

From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribją (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rebʰ- (“arch, ceiling, cover”).

From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).

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Forms

plural: ribs
Singularrib
Pluralribs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • 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):costa

Word family

45 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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