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rib in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. 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"
    ridicule  roast  guy  blackguard  laugh at  jest at  rib  make fun  poke fun 
  2. form vertical ribs by knitting
    "A ribbed sweater"
    rib 
noun
  1. 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)
    rib  costa 
  2. support resembling the rib of an animal
    rib 
  3. a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural
    rib 
  4. a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
    rib 
  5. a teasing remark
    rib 
  6. cut of meat including one or more ribs
    rib 
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