rib
/ɹɪb/ verb C2- To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way. · He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.
- To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
He/she/it ribs · Past ribbed · Past participle ribbed · -ing form ribbing
Verb forms
- Base form
- rib
- He/she/it
- ribs
- Past
- ribbed
- Past participle
- ribbed
- -ing form
- ribbing
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