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deribbing

deribbing is the present participle and gerund of derib.

Meaning of derib

Verb

derib (third-person singular simple present deribs, present participle deribbing, simple past and past participle deribbed)

  1. (transitive) To remove a rib or ribs from.
    • deribbed peppers

Questions about deribbing

What is deribbing the present participle and gerund of?
Deribbing is the present participle and gerund of derib.

Words near deribbing in the dictionary

  1. derhams
  2. derhotacization
  3. Deri
  4. derib
  5. deribbed
  6. deribbing
  7. deribosylate
  8. deribosylated
  9. deribosylates
  10. deribosylating
  11. deribosylation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: deribbing (page history and authors); derib (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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