ENGLISH: rib - CREOLE: zokòt



Overview of noun rib



The noun rib has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)



1. (4) rib -- (support resembling the rib of an animal)

2. (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)



Overview of verb rib



The verb rib has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)



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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