[ UK /fˈɪb/ ]
[ US /ˈfɪb/ ]
NOUN
  1. a trivial lie
    he told a fib about eating his spinach
    how can I stop my child from telling stories?
VERB
  1. tell a relatively insignificant lie
    Fibbing is not acceptable, even if you don't call it lying
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How To Use fib In A Sentence

  • The dyes are in the form of a suspension of particles which, for reasons not fully understood, are adsorbed onto the surface of ligno-cellulosic fibres such as sisal, abaca and fique. Chapter 8
  • Owing to different structures of cotton fiber and chitin fiber, they have differentadsorbability to reactive dyestuffs.
  • Tim Russert may very well be alive right now if office staff had defibrillated him on-the-spot! Remembering Tim Russert | EW.com
  • The best philosophy is to change your food habits to a low-sugar, high-fibre diet.
  • Its addition in minute amounts to the nucleoprotein tumor fraction, was expected to suppress the formation of the fibrillar halo if nucleic acids rather that the protein were responsible for the nerve growth promoting effect elicited by this fraction. Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
  • He was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis when he was about 18 months old. The Sun
  • Baf, Bafilomycin A1; BH, Bcl-2 homology; CHX, cycholoheximide; GFP-74Q, GFP-tagged exon 1 mutant htt fragment; htt, huntingtin; MEFs, mouse embryonic fibroblasts; 3MA, 3-methyl adenine; PE, phosphatidylethanolamine; STS, staurosporin; TNF - Naturejobs - All Jobs
  • Intestinal gas is typically caused by the fermentation of undigested food, such as plant fiber, in the colon.
  • The skin of D. holocanthus is highly elastic because of microfolds in the epidermis and collagen fibers of the dermis.
  • Cigarette smoking causes lung inflammation, which can lead to oxidative stress, emphysema, small airway fibrosis, mucus hypersecretion and progressive airflow limitation. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
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