nnoun.planta flowering shrub bearing currants or gooseberries; native to northern hemisphereSynset:Ribes genus Ribes
Member Holonyms:Grossulariaceae family Grossulariaceae gooseberry family
Hypernyms:plant genus
Inherited Hypernyms:ribesplant genusgenustaxonomic groupbiological groupgroupabstractionentity
Member Meronyms:European black currant Ribes nigrum black currant currant currant bush Ribes grossularia Ribes uva-crispa gooseberry gooseberry bush Ribes rubrum garden current red currant Ribes sativum white currant Ribes sanguineum winter currant
vverb.creationform vertical ribs by knittingTopic:handicraft
Hypernyms:knit
Inherited Hypernyms:ribknitcreate from raw materialmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.communicationsubject to laughter or ridiculeSynset:blackguard guy jest at laugh at make fun poke fun rib ridicule roast
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:ridiculerribbingridiculeroastrib
Hypernyms:bemock mock
Inherited Hypernyms:ridiculemocktreatinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:debunkexposelampoonsatirisesatirizestultifytease
Full Troponyms:debunksatirizestultifyteaseunmask
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s something PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun) | Somebody ---s PP (apply to: make fun, poke fun)