📖 Definitions of "Ribbed"
- 1
To shape, support, or provide something with a rib or ribs.
- 2
To tease or make fun of someone in a good-natured way.
"He always gets ribbed for his outrageous shirts."
- 3
To enclose, as if with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
- 4
To leave strips of undisturbed ground between the furrows in ploughing (land).
- 1
Having ribs.
- 2
Intercalated with slate; said of a seam of coal.
🔄 Synonyms of "Ribbed"
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↔️ Antonyms of "Ribbed"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| ribless | Lacking ribs |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ribbed"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| riblike | Resembling, or functioning like, a rib. |
| costatenoun | Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs. |
| roughnoun | Not smooth; uneven. |
| unsmoothverb | Not smooth; rough. |
| costellatenoun | Finely ribbed or costate. |
| joshedverb | (transitive) To tease someone in a kindly or friendly fashion. |
| teased | feeling mild pleasurable excitement |
| your | a possessive form of the pronoun you |
| midribbed | Having a midrib. |
| costiferous | (anatomy) Bearing or having ribs. |
| multicostatenoun | Having multiple ribs. |
| fissicostate | Having the ribs divided. |
| jointed | Having joints. |
| backboned | Having a spine. |
| quadricostate | Having four ribs. |
| herringboned | Having a herringbone (zigzag) pattern. |
| grooved | Having one or more grooves. |
| boned | (of meat or fish) Having had the bones removed before cooking. |
| reticulated | Characterized by or having the form of a grid or network. |
| nodulated | Having nodules. |
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🎨 Adjectives for "Ribbed"
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