Word Finder - ribbing

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To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.

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To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.

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He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts.

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To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.

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To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).

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The action of the verb to rib.

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A rib, or the collective ribs, on an object.

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An instance of teasing.

Copper daggers with parallel ribbing (61) down the middle are common in the XIth-XIVth Dynasties; and in the XVIIIth-XXth Dynasties they are often shown in scenes and on figures.

Drop and latch up to form ribbing, as for back.

The precise nature of injection molding allows exact curved shapes with reinforcing diagonal ribbing on the structural components of the pool.

Knit 19 rows and latch up in 1x1 ribbing for a cuff.

I revel in my geekery, and good-natured ribbing is fun, but cross the line and you reveal your own ignorance.

For ribbing knit 4 more rows then drop every other row and convert to ribbing.

A cake that points out old age is a fun way to set a humorous tone at the party and invite some good-natured ribbing.

Solid sweaters can be enhanced with textural interest like cables and ribbing.

Cables are excellent because, like ribbing, they not only add interest to a sweater, but they stretch and give, making for a flattering fit.

There's a reason why the wrists and waistbands of cardigans are ribbed - the ribbing provides stretch and shaping.

Because of the stretch, ribbing is also very slimming.

Ribbing is stretchy and clings to the body.

Whether or not you want to hear it, you're likely to get some gentle ribbing about turning the big 5-0.

Sometimes you can set yourself up for the ribbing by the things you recall, like cassette tapes and rotary dial phones.

Look for textural details like cables or ribbing to add even more interest to this versatile dress.

The jersey has shoulder inserts with contrast color piping and a Y-neckline with contrast color ribbing.

The great period of Roman pottery is marked by the ribbing on the outsides.

Of these, Nyblaeus compiled a lucid account of Swedish philosophy from the beginning of the 18th century up to and including Bostrom; Ribbing (Platos Ideelara and Socratische Studien) showed how closely Swedish idealism is allied to Greek.

In his theology of nature he describes a schematic wing as consisting of a rigid ribbing in front, and a flexible sail behind.

The bridge surfaces - previously matte and gold-plated - are now rhodium-plated steel with elegant Glashütte ribbing with Langeleist perlage on the underside.

I brought them to the pool today and after taking a ribbing from my morning swim buddies, gave them a try.

The seeds have an attractive ribbing which is shown in the image above left.

For ribbing knit 4 more rows then drop every other row and convert to ribbing knit 4 more rows then drop every other row and convert to ribbing.

Also worth mentioning was the good natured ribbing given to Donald Angie due to his his foray into the world of male modeling.

Sending him breakfast was intended as a gentle ribbing, the sort of thing two friends who knew each other well could laugh about.