rib

(Inglese)

Noun

1. 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.
2. (broadly) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
3. A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
4. Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
5. Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
6. A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
7. A strip of metal running along the top of the barrel that serves as a sighting plane.
8. A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
9. The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
10. A teasing joke.
11. (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
12. A stalk of celery.
13. (archaic, humorous, literary) A wife or woman.

Verb

1. To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
2. To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
3. To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
4. (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɹɪb/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: rib

Ereditato da inglese antico: ribb

Affine olandese: rib

Affine norvegese: ribbe

Affine norvegese: ribben

Affine basso tedesco: ribbe

Affine tedesco: Rippe

Affine norse antico: rif

Affine serbo-croato: rèbro

Ereditato da inglese medio: ribbe

Ereditato da inglese antico: ribbe

In summary

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”).
Cognate with Dutch rib (“rib”), Norwegian ribbe (“sparerib”), Norwegian ribben (“rib”), Low German ribbe (“rib”), German Rippe (“rib”), Old Norse rif (“rib, reef”), Serbo-Croatian rèbro (“rib”).
(wife or woman): In reference to the creation of Eve from Adam's rib in the Bible.

Concetti

costola

costa

nervatura

centina

prendere in giro

madiere

stecca

costolone

lumen

ordinata

spuntatura

costone

beffare

caricaturare

costoletta

fianco

gambo

ridicolizzare

vertebra

beffeggiare

còstola

sinonimi

ribs

side

vein

frame

tease

costa

edge

rib cage

nervure

blackguard

ridge

ridicule

poke fun

rib bone

roast

chaff

laugh at

kid

🧒

make fun

make fun of

flank

chest

guy

rag

banter

jest at

spoke

tantalise

tantalize

taunt

tendon

threaten

torso

vas

veining

vertebra

vessel

web

branch off

side of the body

arris

sidebone

fibre

wing rib

trimming knife

costae rib

badger

🦡

os costale

bait

balk