Definition: 1. Any of the curved bones that are connected to the spine and surround the chest. 2. Support resembling the rib of an animal. 3. Any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans.
Use 'rib' in a sentence:
1. A few suffered rib fractures from the force of the impact, but no skin was broken.
2. Good posture allows for greater expansion of the lower rib cage.
3. We shall see – my first attempt at a standing rib roast!
4. God took a rib from Adam when he was asleep one night. From Adam's rib, God made Eve.
5. For a while, the shoulder-blade was more on the side, over the rib cage.
6. She jabbed her finger in his ribs.
7. Lindy poked him in the ribs.
8. The saw had gone across gross's left rib cage through the underside of his liver.
9. It would be helpful if someone uncovered a Diprotodon skeleton with a spear point embedded in a rib — or perhaps Thylacoleo bones next to the charcoal of a human campfire.
10. The doctor fixed the rib, dosed him heavily with drugs, and said he would probably get better.
11. Movements of the rib cage for breathing are reduced during sleep, making the contractions of the diaphragm more important.
12. I got quite a lot of ribbing from my team-mates.
13. In the second, Adam is placed in the Garden of Eden, and Eve is later created from his rib to ease his loneliness.
14. Neglect, dilapidation, storm and fire have gradually reduced it to a rusting hulk, like the rib-cage of a whale.
15. But for some shoppers, a cheap cashmere sweater just does not justify taking an elbow to the rib at 6 a.m.
16. He suffered two broken ribs in a fierce hand-to-hand battle.
17. The rib containing the spear point was part of a collection of mastodon remains unearthed in the late 1970s.
18. We picked up the rib fragment, flipped it over and there were these two clear marks.
19. Then he took a rib from Adam\'s body and out of it created the first woman, Eve.
20. She was taken to the hospital with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
21. If you sneeze too hard, you could fracture a rib.
22. The scientists also found well preserved vertebrae from the creature as well as a complete rib bone.
23. The guys in my local pub used to rib me about drinking 'girly' drinks.
24. She sighed, her heart banging away against her ribs as she opened the door.
25. And in May Burger King introduced barbecuepork ribs at$ 7 for eight.
26. I join in with the back quarter, separating the rear leg from the prized rib joints with a hacksaw.
27. His heart thudded madly against his ribs.
28. Her heart was thumping against her ribs.
29. He'd fractured his rib and hip.
30. As the animals develop at different rates, some of the cows here still have well-defined rib cages, "They've got a bit further to go. " he says.
31. He suffered badly bruised ribs in the crash.
32. Stop poking me in the ribs!
33. The goalkeeper was stretchered off just before half-time with a rib injury.
34. We picked up the rib fragment, flipped it over and there were these two, clear marks.
35. My face was covered with bruises and I had a broken rib.
36. In addition, breathing during REM depends much more on the action of the diaphragm and much less on rib cage action.
37. One bone was a piece of rib from a cow-sized mammal; the other, a leg bone fragment from a mammal the size of a goat.
38. It hurt to breathe, and he winced as he ran his hand over his ribs.
39. She has lost her weight and I can see her rib cage.
40. His ribs were damaged, but other than that he's in good nick.
41. She gave me a gentle nudge in the ribs to tell me to shut up.
42. Use a cheap cut such as spare rib chops.
43. She jabbed him in the ribs with her finger.
44. You've fractured a rib, maybe more than one.
45. She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up.
46. He gave me a poke in the ribs to wake me up.
47. Make a small incision below the ribs.
48. She gave him a dig in the ribs.
49. She poked him in the ribs with her elbow.
50. She poked her elbow into his ribs.
51. In breathing the chest muscles expand the rib cage and allow air to be sucked into the lungs.
