rib
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(verb) form vertical ribs by knitting |
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Related Words: knit |
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| 2. |
(noun) something resembling the rib of an animal |
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Related Words: screw thread, support, thread |
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(noun) a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant |
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Related Words: anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, calamus, complex body part, nervure, quill, shaft, structure, vein |
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(noun) any of 24 curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in man and a similar bone in most vertebrates |
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Synonyms: costa |
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Related Words: bone, os, true rib |
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| 5. |
(noun) cut of meat including one or more ribs |
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Related Words: cut, cut of meat, sparerib |
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(verb) subject to laughter or ridicule: "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher" |
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Synonyms: blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, ridicule |
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Related Words: bemock, debunk, expose, lampoon, mock, satirize, stultify |
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