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rib
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: r?b, IPA(key): /??b/
- Rhymes: -?b
Etymology 1
From Middle English rib, ribbe, from Old English ribb (“rib”), from Proto-West Germanic *ribi, from Proto-Germanic *ribj? (“rib, reef”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?reb?- (“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.
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- (anatomy) 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.
- (by extension) A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something.
- A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones.
- (nautical) Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull.
- (aeronautics) Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength.
- (architecture) A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault
- (knitting) A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth.
- (botany) The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf.
- A teasing joke.
- (Ireland, colloquial) A single strand of hair.
- A stalk of celery.
- (archaic, literary or humorous) A wife or woman.
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
- 'Near to it was the portrait of his rib, Dame Middleton.'
- 1862, George Borrow, Wild Wales
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
rib (third-person singular simple present ribs, present participle ribbing, simple past and past participle ribbed)
- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- (transitive) To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English ribbe, from Old English ribbe (“hound's-tongue”).
Noun
rib (plural ribs)
- (botany) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale).
- (botany) Costmary (Tanacetum balsamita).
- (botany) Watercress (Nasturtium officinale).
Further reading
- rib on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- BIR, BRI, Bri, IBR, IRB, RBI
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1
From Dutch rib, from Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.
Noun
rib (plural ribbe, diminutive ribbetjie)
- (anatomy) rib
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch ribbe, from Old Dutch *ribba, from Proto-Germanic *ribj?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /r?p/
- Hyphenation: rib
- Rhymes: -?p
Noun
rib m (plural ribben, diminutive ribje n)
- rib
- a truss (wooden frame)
Derived terms
- ribbenkast
- ribstuk
- scheepsrib
Descendants
- Afrikaans: rib
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From ribe (“hair, blade, tape”)
Verb
rib (past rib, future ribidh, verbal noun ribeadh, past participle ribte)
- trap, ensnare
Related terms
- ribe
Slovene
Noun
rib
- genitive dual/plural of riba
Yapese
Adverb
rib
- very
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?ip?/
- Tone numbers: rib8
- Hyphenation: rib
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *C?.lep? (“fingernail; toenail”). Cognate with Thai ???? (lép), Lao ???? (lep), Shan ????? (n??p), Ahom ???????????????? (lip), Saek ?????.
Noun
rib (Sawndip forms ???? or ????, old orthography rib)
- nail (on fingers and toes)
- Synonym: (dialectal) gyaep
- claw; talon
- Synonym: nyauj
- hoof
- Synonym: ve
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
rib (old orthography rib)
- to clean up; to tidy up
- to confiscate
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mock
English
Alternative forms
- mocque (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English mokken, from Old French mocquer, moquier (“to deride, jeer”), from Middle Dutch mocken (“to mumble”) or Middle Low German mucken (“to grumble, talk with the mouth half-opened”), both from Proto-West Germanic *mokkijan, *mukkijan (“to low, bellow; mumble”), from Proto-Germanic *mukkijan?, *m?han? (“to low, bellow, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *m?g-, *m?k- (“to low, mumble”). Cognate with Dutch mokken (“to sulk; pout; mope; grumble”), Old High German firmucken (“to be stupid”), Modern German mucksen (“to utter a word; mumble; grumble”), West Frisian mokke (“to mope; sulk; grumble”), Swedish mucka (“to murmur”), dialectal Dutch mokkel (“kiss”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /m?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /m?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Noun
mock (plural mocks)
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Crashaw to this entry?)
- Mockery, the act of mocking.
- A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
- He got a B in his History mock, but improved to an A in the exam.
- (software engineering) A mockup or prototype.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
mock (third-person singular simple present mocks, present participle mocking, simple past and past participle mocked)
- To mimic, to simulate.
- (rare) To create an artistic representation of.
- To make fun of, especially by mimicking; to taunt.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Let not ambition mock their useful toil.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- To tantalise, and disappoint the hopes of.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- "It is the greene-ey'd Monster, which doth mocke / The meate it feeds on."
- 1765, Benjamin Heath, A revisal of Shakespear's text, page 563 (a commentary on the "mocke the meate" line from Othello):
- ‘Mock’ certainly never signifies to loath. Its common signification is, to disappoint.
- 1812, The Critical Review or, Annals of Literature, page 190:
- The French revolution indeed is a prodigy which has mocked the expectations both of its friends and its foes. It has cruelly disappointed the fondest hopes of the first, nor has it observed that course which the last thought that it would have pursued.
- 1603, William Shakespeare, Othello, Act III, Scene III:
- (software engineering, transitive) To create a mockup or prototype of.
- What's the best way to mock a database layer?
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:mock
- See also Thesaurus:imitate
Derived terms
- mock out
- much-mocked
- mockworthy
Translations
See also
- jeer
Adjective
mock (not comparable)
- Imitation, not genuine; fake.
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
- For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
- 1776, United States Declaration of Independence
Translations
Anagrams
- KCMO
Middle English
Noun
mock
- Alternative form of muk
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