B2verb · transitive · rare

rib

rib · ribs · ribbed · ribbing

висміювати, висміяти, насміхатися

дразнить

abspannen

To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribsTo shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

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/ɹɪb/

» I have a broken rib.

Ich habe eine gebrochene Rippe.

У меня сломано ребро.

У мене зламане ребро.

Meaning

4 senses

To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
дразни́тьdraznítʹ
To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
(transitive)To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

More definitions

form vertical ribs by knitting
subject to laughter or ridicule

Examples

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I have a broken rib.
У мене зламане ребро. — deniko
ruУ меня сломано ребро. — marafon
deIch habe eine gebrochene Rippe. — wolfgangth
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He elbowed me in the ribs.
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Tom elbowed me in the ribs.
ruТом толкнул меня локтем под рёбра. — marafon
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Are any of my ribs broken?
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Tom poked me in the ribs.
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Translations

3 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

to tease:

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”).

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