I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
fractured skull/jaw/rib etc
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She suffered a fractured skull in the accident.
poke sb in the eye/arm/ribs etc
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Be careful with that umbrella or you’ll poke someone in the eye.
rib cage
spare ribs
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
broken
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Robert Cunningham, 35, who suffered a broken rib in the fracas, admitted assault.
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A postmortem showed she had 55 injuries, including broken ribs and bruises to head, neck and body.
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Read in studio A misadventure verdict's been recorded on a man who died in hospital after being admitted with broken ribs .
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Although he had suffered severe head injuries and eight broken ribs , he was found to have died from drowning.
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Apart from a broken rib , massive bruises all over my body, and slight concussion, I was in one piece.
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The pilot was being treated for suspected internal injuries and his passenger for a suspected broken arm and ribs .
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And Eve's in a hospital ward with broken ribs and concussion and all kinds of things.
full
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For a Chunky machine and a full needle rib setting use double knit yarn.
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Push up needles for full needle rib .
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Some yarns will give a neat sideways band using full needle rib but others look very floppy so beware.
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Three and four colour knitting is usually more successful using full needle rib and fine yarns with the ribber.
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For a full needle tuck stitch garment then you can choose between a full needle rib or a 2x1 setting.
prime
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Rub prime rib with salt and pepper.
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Let the prime rib rest for 10 minutes, then remove roast from pan to a carving board. 4.
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Past his prime and carrying too much prime rib of beef, Witherspoon was still far too much for Cole.
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The bulk of the entr es are represented by more meats-21-day, Black Angus prime rib .
short
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I can smell them short ribs .
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Y., are chicken wings or short ribs braised with a malty brown ale.
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Instead of pork short ribs , how about beef for a change?
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The city lies against and below two short spiny ribs of hill.
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The remaining wholesale cuts provide hamburger, stew meat, short ribs , flank steak, and brisket of beef.
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His opponent was about to have his short ribs broken.
spare
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Trim spare ribs of any excess fat, then place in a large roasting tin.
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Pour the barbecue sauce over the spare ribs .
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The food was good: a thin soup followed by pork spare ribs .
■ NOUN
cage
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The Endomorph isn't necessarily large framed but is sturdily built with a large rib cage , waist and hips.
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The cold pressed into his rib cage .
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His rib cage was missing on one side where a large piece of shell casing stuck out from under his breastbone.
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I drive my chin into his rib cage .
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Graham Marshall followed with injuries to his rib cage which according to the internationalist following the game, will possibly terminate his career.
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It gradually tightens itself so as to not allow for expansion of the rib cage .
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Breathe in and out - not too deeply, expanding both the top and bottom of the rib cage Muscle-tensing.
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No bulging rib cages , no collar bones out to here, no sunken eyes or bizarre hipbone bulges.
injury
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The exciting Warrington scrum-half has a rib injury .
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Marshall took 10 for 92 in that match but arrived at Old Trafford for the third Test reportedly with a rib injury .
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Robert Rosario returns after a rib injury to challenge on-loan striker Paul Williams.
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His rib injury is more serious than first thought.
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Last night, the No. 8 Phil Davies, protecting a rib injury , also dropped out.
■ VERB
break
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World Champion Jan Kellner broke his rib during the squirt competition the day before.
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I had to kick him all over the room, broke ribs and stuff.
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Collisions with concrete walls have broken three of his ribs and shattered a kneecap.
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An hour later, when the shock was over, he confirmed my fears: I had broken two ribs .
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I picked him off Newbury racecourse after he had broken most of his ribs under the flying hooves of his competitors.
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They laid them on the floor and they walked over them until they broke their ribs .
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Apart from a 10% collapsed lung, Lester broke two ribs and his left collarbone.
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I could hear the broken ends of a rib clicking together as I breathed.
crack
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It nicked a lung and probably cracked a rib , but it didn't open the abdomen.
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I left my body while he did in my cracked ribs .
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He was reported to have also suffered cracked ribs and a broken jaw as a result of the difference of opinion.
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Glavine cracked a rib three years ago and missed one start.
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Once he had actually cracked her rib .
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A couple of weeks later the male chorus danced straight into him, elbows akimbo, and cracked his ribs .
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Coulthard, who despite x-rays to the contrary believes he has cracked a rib , made only passing reference to the discomfort.
poke
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Ted said, poking Petey in the ribs .
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Bobby poked him in the ribs .
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Polly poked me in the ribs and I nodded at her and smiled.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stick to sb's ribs
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A bruised rib sent Shaw out of the game.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Bobby poked him in the ribs.
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Bring mixture to a boil and simmer until ribs are tender, about 1 hour.
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I picked him off Newbury racecourse after he had broken most of his ribs under the flying hooves of his competitors.
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On the staircase, Ried's hand can be seen again in the rib vaulting of c.1500.
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Right on her rib was a circle and a cross burnt right in the skin.
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Some brachiopods are smooth, but many became corrugated or ornamented with course or fine ribs.
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Jose's teammates ribbed him about the flowers he got.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Only the most daredevil gentlemen will choose the flannel shorts or fitted velvet trousers worn with a body-hugging ribbed sweater.
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The achenes of Sagittaria species differ from those of Echinodorus species by not being ribbed.
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The outside of the shoe was constructed from woven fabric and metal with a ribbed silicon rubber tread.
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The sand under his feet had been crusty at first, ribbed, but now it was turning smooth, soft, unmarked.
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The vaulting is ribbed throughout, lofty and well-proportioned.