ribbon
/ˈɹɪbən/ verb C2- To decorate with ribbon.
- To stripe or streak.
He/she/it ribbons · Past ribboned · Past participle ribboned · -ing form ribboning
Verb forms
- Base form
- ribbon
- He/she/it
- ribbons
- Past
- ribboned
- Past participle
- ribboned
- -ing form
- ribboning
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This man was dressed in a greatcoat, or rather a surtout, a little worse for the journey, but which exhibited the ribbon of the Legion of Honor still fresh and brilliant, a decoration which also ornamented the under coat.
Dorothy put on a green silk apron and tied a green ribbon around Toto’s neck, and they started for the Throne Room of the Great Oz.
The green girl, who was very kind to them, filled Dorothy’s basket with good things to eat, and fastened a little bell around Toto’s neck with a green ribbon.
The ribbon around Toto’s neck had also lost its green color and was as white as Dorothy’s dress.
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