Ribbon
['rɪbən]
Definition
(noun.) notion consisting of a narrow strip of fine material used for trimming.
(noun.) a long strip of inked material for making characters on paper with a typewriter.
(noun.) any long object resembling a thin line; 'a mere ribbon of land'; 'the lighted ribbon of traffic'; 'from the air the road was a grey thread'; 'a thread of smoke climbed upward'.
Edited by Harold--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A fillet or narrow woven fabric, commonly of silk, used for trimming some part of a woman's attire, for badges, and other decorative purposes.
(n.) A narrow strip or shred; as, a steel or magnesium ribbon; sails torn to ribbons.
(n.) Same as Rib-band.
(n.) Driving reins.
(n.) A bearing similar to the bend, but only one eighth as wide.
(n.) A silver.
(v. t.) To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons.
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Definition
n. a fillet or strip of silk: a narrow strip: (pl.) reins for driving: a shred: a watch-spring: an endless saw: (her.) a bearing considered usually as one of the subordinaries: (naut.) a painted moulding on the side of a ship—also Rib′and Ribb′and.—adj. made of ribbon: having bands of different colours.—v.t. to adorn with ribbons: to stripe: to streak.—ns. Ribb′on-brake a brake having a band which nearly surrounds the wheel whose motion is to be checked; Ribb′on-fish a long slender compressed fish like a ribbon; Ribb′on-grass a variety of striped canary-grass: Lady's Garter; Ribb′onism a system of secret associations among the lower classes in Ireland at its greatest height from about 1835 to 1855—from the green badge worn; Ribb′onman a member of a Ribbon society; Ribb′on-map a map printed on a long strip which winds on an axis within a case; Ribb′on-seal a North Pacific seal banded and striped; Ribb′on-snake a harmless striped snake abundant in the United States; Ribb′on-stamp a simple form of printing-press for transferring colours to paper; Ribb′on-wave a common geometrid moth; Ribb′on-weed a seaweed whose frond has a long flat blade; Ribb′on-wire a strong tape with wire threads for strengthening garments; Ribb′on-worm tapeworm.—Blue Ribbon the ribbon of the Order of the Garter: anything which marks the attainment of some ambition also the object itself: the badge adopted by a teetotal society; Red Ribbon the ribbon of the Order of the Bath.
Edited by Everett
Unserious Contents or Definition
Seeing ribbons floating from the costume of any person in your dreams, indicates you will have gay and pleasant companions, and practical cares will not trouble you greatly. For a young woman to dream of decorating herself with ribbons, she will soon have a desirable offer of marriage, but frivolity may cause her to make a mistake. If she sees other girls wearing ribbons, she will encounter rivalry in her endeavors to secure a husband. If she buys them, she will have a pleasant and easy place in life. If she feels angry or displeased about them, she will find that some other woman is dividing her honors and pleasures with her in her social realm.
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Examples
- A motion-picture film is a thin ribbon of transparent pyroxylin plastic or nitrocellulose, which is highly inflammable. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He had a broad straw hat on, with a violet-coloured ribbon round it. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In the latter certain parts of the gun were wrapped with wire in the form of a ribbon. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- My godmother, too, sat so near, that, had I leaned forward, my breath might have stirred the ribbon of her bonnet. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The ribbon's round my little Minnie's neck now. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Beyond their dark line there was a ribbon of clear sky, hardly broad enough to hold the red large moon. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- His machine was shown at the Paris Exposition of 1867, and was awarded a gold medal, and Howe himself was given the ribbon of the French Legion of Honor. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- He wore his collar and orders, his blue ribbon and garter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- As the printing is from the top, and the ribbon is moved away from in front of the line immediately after the printing blow, the writing is always visible to the operator. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Thus adjured, Topsy confessed to the ribbon and gloves, with woful protestations of penitence. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Laurie obediently threw himself down on the turf, and began to amuse himself by sticking daisies into the ribbons of Amy's hat, that lay there. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Sharp talons and cruel fangs had torn leg, arm, and breast literally to ribbons. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Practically all people know that ribbons and ties, trimmings and dresses, frequently look different at night from what they do in the daytime. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- This adaptation of the needle to looms has placed ribbons within the reach of the poor as well as the rich girl. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Now, shiny Villiam,' said the hostler to the deputy hostler, 'give the gen'lm'n the ribbons. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I opened my cape so he could see the two ribbons. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Sir Pitt lived in private, and boozed nightly with Horrocks, his butler or house-steward (as he now began to be called), and the abandoned Ribbons. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Her maid (the person with the cap-ribbons) was sent down-stairs to announce that her headache had returned. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The rise and progress of those Ribbons had been marked with dismay by the county and family. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But why should not I wear pink ribbons? Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
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