| Noun | 1. | rib - support resembling the rib of an animalhull - the frame or body of ship support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf" umbrella - a lightweight handheld collapsible canopy wing - one of the horizontal airfoils on either side of the fuselage of an airplane | |
| 2. | rib - 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)craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium craniate, vertebrate - animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium bone, os - rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates true rib - one of the first seven ribs in a human being which attach to the sternum costal cartilage - the cartilages that connect the sternum and the ends of the ribs; its elasticity allows the chest to move in respiration | |
| 3. | rib - cut of meat including one or more ribscut of meat, cut - a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass sparerib - a cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off | |
| 4. | rib - a teasing remarkcomment, remark - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account" | |
| 5. | rib - a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plantnervure, vein - one of the horny ribs that stiffen and support the wing of an insect | |
| 6. | rib - a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural | |
| Verb | 1. | rib - form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"knit - make (textiles) by knitting; "knit a scarf" | |
| 2. | rib - 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"bemock, mock - treat with contempt; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" tease - mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman" debunk, expose - expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" stultify - cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" | |