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Noun ribes has 1 sense
  1. Ribes, genus Ribes - a flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphere
    --1 is a kind of plant genus
    --1 is a member of Grossulariaceae, family Grossulariaceae, gooseberry family
    --1 has members:
     currant, currant bush; red currant, garden current, Ribes rubrum; black currant, European black currant, Ribes nigrum; white currant, Ribes sativum; winter currant, Ribes sanguineum; gooseberry, gooseberry bush, Ribes uva-crispa, Ribes grossularia
,Verb rib has 2 senses
  1. rib - form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"
    --1 is one way to     knit
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  2. ridicule, roast, guy, blackguard, laugh at, jest at, rib, make fun, poke fun - subject to laughter or ridicule; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday"
    --2 is one way to mock, bemock
    Derived forms: noun rib4, noun ribbing2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
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