Meaning

• Any of a series of long curved bones occurring in 12 pairs in humans and other animals and extending from the spine to or toward the sternum

• A part or piece, similar to a rib, and serving to shape or support something

• A cut of meat enclosing one or more rib bones

• Any of several curved members attached to a ship's keel and extending upward and outward to form the framework of the hull

• Any of several transverse pieces that provide an aircraft wing with shape and strength

• A long, narrow, usually arched member projecting from the surface of a structure, especially such a member separating the webs of a vault

• A raised ridge in knitted material or in cloth

• The main, or any of the prominent veins of a leaf

• A teasing joke

• A single strand of hair.

• A stalk of celery.

• (archaic, literary, humorous) A wife or woman.

Meaning

• 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).