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Synonyms for ribs

Grammar : Verb
Spell : rib
Phonetic Transcription : rɪb


Définition of ribs

Origin :
  • Old English ribb "rib," from Proto-Germanic *rebja- (cf. Old Norse rif, Old Saxon ribbi, Old Frisian ribb, Middle Dutch, Dutch ribbe, Old High German ribba, German Rippe), literally "a covering" (of the cavity of the chest), from PIE *rebh- "to roof, cover" (cf. Greek ereptein "to roof," Old Church Slavonic rebro "rib, reef"). As an item of food from early 15c. Rib joint "brothel" is slang from 1943, probably in reference to Adam's rib (cf. rib "woman, wife," attested from 1580s).
  • verb tease
Example sentences :
  • Rib roasts should be bought by designating the number of ribs.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • The ribs and the loin cut in one piece are shown in Fig. 18.
  • Extract from : « Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 3 » by Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
  • There are forty-one of these ribs, twenty-one on the upper and twenty on the lower plane.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • The manner of fastening the ribs to the frame pieces is optional.
  • Extract from : « Flying Machines » by W.J. Jackman and Thos. H. Russell
  • Good Indian muttered something profane, and kicked his horse in the ribs.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Now, let us see whether there's anything else the matter, and how our ribs are?'
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • His heart beat with such violence that it seemed likely to break his ribs.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Then Coryston turned, laughing, to his brother Arthur, and punched him in the ribs.
  • Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • But the older brother already had hidden one of her ribs on purpose.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • To my acute distress he here thumbed me in the ribs and laughed again.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

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