rib
Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals…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.
» I have a broken rib.
Ich habe eine gebrochene Rippe.
У меня сломано ребро.
У мене зламане ребро.
Meaning
16 sensesAny 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)
(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
A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
Rippchen
рёбрышкиrjóbryški
cut of meat including one or more ribs
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
Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
Rippe
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
A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
A teasing joke.
a teasing remark
(Ireland, colloquial)A single strand of hair.
A stalk of celery.
Stängel, Stange
Examples
85 sentencesI have a broken rib.
У мене зламане ребро.
ruУ меня сломано ребро.
deIch habe eine gebrochene Rippe.
He elbowed me in the ribs.
Tom elbowed me in the ribs.
ruТом толкнул меня локтем под рёбра.
Are any of my ribs broken?
Tom poked me in the ribs.
Translations
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By meaning 2
By meaning 6
Origin
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *rFrom 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: ribsSynonyms
1 synonyms- 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