rib
1. support resembling the rib of an animal (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms:
support
• Hyponyms:
screw thread, thread
• Part Holonyms:
hull, wing, umbrella
2. 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) (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
costa
• Derivationally related forms:
costal (for: costa)
• Topics:
vertebrate, craniate
• Hypernyms:
bone, os
• Hyponyms:
true rib
• Part Holonyms:
vertebrate, craniate
• Part Meronyms:
costal cartilage
3. cut of meat including one or more ribs
• Hypernyms:
cut, cut of meat
• Hyponyms:
sparerib
• Part Meronyms:
rib roast, standing rib roast
4. a teasing remark
• Hypernyms:
remark, comment, input
5. a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
• Hypernyms:
structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
• Hyponyms:
quill, calamus, shaft, vein, nervure
6. a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling;
may be ornamental or structural
• Hypernyms:
molding, moulding
1. form vertical ribs by knitting
- A ribbed sweater
• Topics:
handicraft
• Hypernyms:
knit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. 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
• Syn:
ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at,
jest at, make fun, poke fun
• Derivationally related forms:
ribbing, roast (for: roast), ridicule (for: ridicule), ridiculer (for: ridicule)
• Hypernyms:
mock, bemock
• Hyponyms:
tease, satirize, satirise, lampoon, debunk,
expose, stultify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: poke fun)
- Somebody ----s something PP (for: make fun)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: make fun)
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