English words starting with rib

Meanings of Rib:

noun

Each of a series of slender curved bones articulated in pairs to the spine (twelve pairs in humans), protecting the thoracic cavity and its organs.

Usage examples:

He had several broken ribs

verb

Mark with or form into ridges.

Usage examples:

The road was ribbed with furrows of slush

Meanings of Rib-tickling:

adjective

A rib-tickling story or joke is very funny.

Meanings of Ribald:

adjective

Referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

Usage examples:

A ribald comment

Meanings of Ribaldish:

adjective

Of the nature of or characteristic of a ribald; (now especially of a joke, song, etc.) quite ribald, somewhat ribald.

Meanings of Ribaldly:

adverb

In a ribald manner; scurrilously, vulgarly, bawdily.

Meanings of Ribaldries:

noun

Amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The buffoonery and ribaldry in shakespeare's comedies

Meanings of Ribaldrous:

adjective

Of a ribald character; bawdy, ribald.

Meanings of Ribaldry:

noun

Amusingly coarse or irreverent talk or behaviour.

Usage examples:

The buffoonery and ribaldry in shakespeare's comedies

Meanings of Riband:

noun

A ribbon.

Usage examples:

The silent roadway looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark…

Meanings of Ribandism:

noun

= ribbonism .

Meanings of Ribands:

noun

A ribbon.

Usage examples:

The silent roadway looked like a long riband of polished silver, flecked here and there by the dark…

Meanings of Ribaudequin:

noun

A piece of heavy medieval artillery consisting of a number of cannon on a wheeled armed platform. also applied to a type of powerful crossbow on a wheeled carriage, or fixed to the wall of a fort.

Meanings of Ribaudred:

adjective

A disputed reading of shakespeare's antony & cleopatra iii. x., equated by various editors and commentators with "ribald [adjective]"; hence in allusive use.

Meanings of Ribband:

noun

Any of the long narrow strips of timber, etc., fixed longitudinally to the ribs of a ship to keep them in position until the external planking or plating is added.

verb

To secure (a frame, a boat, etc.) with ribbands.

Meanings of Ribbands:

noun

Any of the long narrow strips of timber, etc., fixed longitudinally to the ribs of a ship to keep them in position until the external planking or plating is added.

verb

To secure (a frame, a boat, etc.) with ribbands.

Meanings of Ribbed:

adjective

(especially of a fabric or garment) having a pattern of raised bands.

Usage examples:

A ribbed cashmere sweater

verb

Mark with or form into ridges.

Usage examples:

The road was ribbed with furrows of slush

Meanings of Ribber:

noun

An attachment on a knitting machine for producing rib stitch.

Usage examples:

In 1919 their four plants together held 5,603 knitters, 918 loopers, 715 ribbers, and 70 sewing mac…

Meanings of Ribbers:

noun

An attachment on a knitting machine for producing rib stitch.

Usage examples:

In 1919 their four plants together held 5,603 knitters, 918 loopers, 715 ribbers, and 70 sewing mac…

Meanings of Ribbing:

noun

A riblike structure or pattern.

Usage examples:

A fleecy sweatshirt with ribbing at neck, cuffs, and hem

verb

Mark with or form into ridges.

Usage examples:

The road was ribbed with furrows of slush

Meanings of Ribbings:

noun

A pattern of raised lines on a piece of clothing made from wool

Usage examples:

He liked the ribbing on the cuffs of the sweater., they gave him a ribbing about his accent.

Meanings of Ribbon:

noun

A long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.

Usage examples:

The tiny pink ribbons in her hair

verb

Extend or move in a long, narrow strip like a ribbon.

Usage examples:

Miles of concrete ribboned behind the bus

Meanings of Ribboned:

verb

Extend or move in a long, narrow strip like a ribbon.

Usage examples:

Miles of concrete ribboned behind the bus

Meanings of Ribbonfish:

noun

Any of a number of long slender fishes which typically have a dorsal fin running the length of the body.

Usage examples:

The easy way to catch big fish in nearshore water off texas is to drift dead baits, such as menhade…

Meanings of Ribbonfishes:

noun

Any of a number of long slender fishes which typically have a dorsal fin running the length of the body.

Usage examples:

The easy way to catch big fish in nearshore water off texas is to drift dead baits, such as menhade…

Meanings of Ribboning:

verb

Extend or move in a long, narrow strip like a ribbon.

Usage examples:

Miles of concrete ribboned behind the bus

noun

A long, narrow strip of fabric, used for tying something or for decoration.

Usage examples:

The tiny pink ribbons in her hair