What part of speech is rib?

Rib can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. rib is a verb, present, 1st person singular of rib (infinitive).
  • 2. rib is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. rib is a noun, singular of ribs.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does rib mean?

Definitions

Verb

rib - form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
rib - 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"

Noun

rib - 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 - support resembling the rib of an animal
rib - a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant
rib - cut of meat including one or more ribs
rib - a teasing remark
rib - a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural

Examples of rib

#   Sentence  
1. noun Our neighbor has broken a rib.
2. noun I just cracked a rib.
3. noun And the Lord God built the rib which He took from Adam into a woman.
4. noun I broke a rib falling.
5. noun Tom has a broken rib.
6. noun I think I have a broken rib.
7. noun I have a broken rib.
8. noun Layla had a broken rib.
9. noun I'll have the prime rib dinner.
10. noun We only serve the prime rib dinner on weekends.
11. noun Whales can withstand dramatic pressure changes because their bodies are more flexible. Their ribs are bound by loose, bendable cartilage, which allows the rib cage to collapse at pressures that would easily snap our bones.
12. noun After being gone for two weeks, was the dog really that happy to see me or did he just smell the two pounds of takeout prime rib I was carrying? Or both?
13. noun Tom broke a rib when he fell off the ladder.
14. noun And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.
15. noun The rhomboid muscle is located in the upper back, and helps to connect the shoulder blades to the rib cage.
Sentence  
noun
Our neighbor has broken a rib.
I just cracked a rib.
And the Lord God built the rib which He took from Adam into a woman.
I broke a rib falling.
Tom has a broken rib.
I think I have a broken rib.
I have a broken rib.
Layla had a broken rib.
I'll have the prime rib dinner.
We only serve the prime rib dinner on weekends.
Whales can withstand dramatic pressure changes because their bodies are more flexible. Their ribs are bound by loose, bendable cartilage, which allows the rib cage to collapse at pressures that would easily snap our bones.
After being gone for two weeks, was the dog really that happy to see me or did he just smell the two pounds of takeout prime rib I was carrying? Or both?
Tom broke a rib when he fell off the ladder.
And the Lord God built the rib which he took from Adam into a woman: and brought her to Adam.
The rhomboid muscle is located in the upper back, and helps to connect the shoulder blades to the rib cage.

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