noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
blue ribbon
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the club’s prized blue riband award
ribbon development
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
black
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Her hair was rolled into a passable pageboy and sometimes tied with a black ribbon .
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I shove aside a pile of dehydrated red and black typewriter ribbons and set my machine down with a clunk.
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A maroon jacket and a panama hat with a shiny black ribbon .
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Around her neck was a narrow black velvet ribbon with the ends falling down her back.
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Inside were two parcels, wrapped in oiled silk, and tied with black ribbon .
blue
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The government has set up a blue-ribbon commission to try to take corrective action.
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Then there was Raymond Lereaux who showed horses and won blue ribbons that he brought to school for Show and Tell.
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Then he went on gazing at Thérèse, voluptuous in flowered chintz and blue ribbons .
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Christine had friends in the Working Groups, and Tim wore the blue ribbon .
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A cot swathed in draperies and blue ribbon stood isolated in a corner.
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The Longitude Act established a blue ribbon panel of judges that became known as the Board of Longitude.
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There were two large bouquets and a bundle of letters tied with pale blue ribbon , presumably from stage-door admirers.
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There are blue devils and blue ribbons and blue bloods.
green
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The young man gauged her reaction and bought an emerald green ribbon which he handed to her.
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And she had her hair done in pigtails with green ribbons , and a stupid green hat stuck on her head.
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When he took a green ribbon from her and tied it loosely round his waist, Joseph was even more disturbed.
narrow
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She was panting hard by the time she saw the narrow white ribbon that was the road to Coton.
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Around her neck was a narrow black velvet ribbon with the ends falling down her back.
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The grain is narrowly interlocked, sometimes wavy or variegated, producing roe or narrow ribbon striped figure on quartered surfaces.
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She dragged her hair ruthlessly back and tied it with a narrow ribbon .
pink
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She had scraped her hair back from her forehead and tied it in a ponytail with a pink ribbon .
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Her face was framed by her Pamela bonnet, a nimbus of straw trimmed with pink ribbons and blue silk anemones.
red
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In a little plastic bottle with a yard of red ribbon round it.
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He put the papers into a cardboard folder and tied it with a red ribbon .
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She had large, soft eyes and her hair was tied back with a red ribbon .
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Mulcahey slipped the red ribbon around the collar and tied a big bow.
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Twist some lengths of red ribbon and let them fall down the sides of the cake.
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He was carrying four thick brown cardboard accordion folios tied with faded red ribbons .
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This archer wears a white smock over a grey uniform with distinguishing red ribbons and plume.
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With its vast red ribbon and handmade card, it had transformed the garage into something quite magical.
white
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They were tied with white ribbons , as if, she thought contemptuously, I were a silly young girl.
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He had wrapped the damned box with the shiny silver paper and a white ribbon with a bow.
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To top it all I added a red and white ribbon to the crest of my perm.
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The tiny pens, scrawling in palsied traces on endless white ribbons of paper, slowly ground to a halt.
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She was panting hard by the time she saw the narrow white ribbon that was the road to Coton.
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They wore white ribbons in their hair.
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After drying her hair Ruth tied it back from her face with a white velvet ribbon and planned her next move.
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Her collar and pleats were pressed, and there was a perfect white ribbon in her hair.
yellow
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And tied around the oak tree was the largest yellow ribbon I'd yet seen.
■ NOUN
cable
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To complete the unit the small amount of point-to-point wiring is added, using multi-strand connecting wire or pieces of ribbon cable .
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All the ribbon cables and power leads were bundled up neatly, making for a clean-looking interior.
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A formed cover with slots for the blades fits over the ribbon cable and retains the it.
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To fit the connector locate the appropriate position on the ribbon cable .
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The ribbon cable normally has a red stripe marking line 1.
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If you don't know for sure which type of drive you have check the ribbon cable running into it.
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The stripe on a ribbon cable traditionally marks pin 1.
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Cable Strangely enough the thing that most people have problems with when installing a new drive is the ribbon cable.
development
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It can be the dreary horror of ribbon development .
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Two-thirds of the way down is Buchi Emecheta's house, built in the anonymous style of 1930s ribbon development .
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These powers were permissive, and in most of Britain urban sprawl and ribbon development continued more or less unabated.
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Subsequent ribbon development has been so spectacular that they were booming even before the election announcement.
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Most would have appeared undistinguished and unsophisticated, especially those ribbon developments with a restricted range of internal structures.
satin
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At each corner, satin ribbon bows.
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A satin ribbon lay across her throat, provocative as if she had set it there herself.
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Bows can be tied in satin ribbon or in matching or contrasting fabric.
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Folly flew back into the tiny bathroom and tore at the wide satin ribbon which bound the base of the cellophane package.
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Optional trimmings For a gathered frill: lace or double-sided satin ribbon , measuring twice the perimeter of the cushion.
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Gilded page ends. Satin ribbon page markers.
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Trousers too are cigarette slim or tapered, complete with satin ribbon down the side.
■ VERB
cut
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He would cut the ribbon on many of the new towers.
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The college's oldest student, Edgar Pryce, 84, of Newton Aycliffe, cut a ribbon to launch the celebrations.
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A former state senator cut the ribbon to reopen the place.
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She knew it would give a nasty sting, but it wouldn't cut her flesh to ribbons .
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He hugged hundreds of babies, shook thousands of hands and cut ribbons at new universities, high-tech factories and a hospital.
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And as he cut the ribbon there would sometimes be tears in his eyes.
tie
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Finally, tie a colourful ribbon around your gift.
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And the waist was tied with satin ribbons .
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Nick combed her hair and tied the ribbon himself, badly, too loosely.
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He was carrying four thick brown cardboard accordion folios tied with faded red ribbons .
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They were tied with white ribbons , as if, she thought contemptuously, I were a silly young girl.
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The key to the front door was tied on to a little ribbon pinned into my pocket.
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Her hair was tied in a ribbon and she looked positively chirpy.
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My braids are tied with small red ribbons , my black laced shoes are polished.
use
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It is worth buying covered elastic bands or using a ribbon .
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It also provides you the same opportunity if revisions are necessary. Use a new typewriter ribbon for your final draft.
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Get the notes typewritten using a new ribbon , or copy them out in black felt tip pen in large capital letters.
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Try to use a mixture of ribbons , pairing plain and patterned ones of the same or differing widths.
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Tie back a curtain. Use ribbon in a weight appropriate for the thickness of the curtains.
wear
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Many of the Lilliput lords wear their ribbons proudly at all times.
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Did I care that on his chest he wore no small ribbons indicative of this medal or that yet to come?
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The king wore it on a ribbon around his neck on ceremonial occasions.
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They wore white ribbons in their hair.
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The president and the first lady wore purple ribbons on their coat lapels.
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Christine had friends in the Working Groups, and Tim wore the blue ribbon .
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Jim wore a blue ribbon on his black lapel.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Christmas ornaments hung from red ribbons on the tree.
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Fire Island is a 30-mile-long ribbon of beachland.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Before her the long straight reach of the canal lay like a silver ribbon .
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Below: Satin or embroidered ribbons, brocades, bows and tassels can all give added dimension and interest to pictures.
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Bows can be tied in satin ribbon or in matching or contrasting fabric.
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Get enough ribbon to wrap the jam box and tie a bow.
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She had light brown hair tied, like Patsy's, with ribbon .