A narrow strip or band of fabric, especially a fine fabric such as satin or velvet, finished at the edges and used for trimming, tying, or finishing, A band of colored cloth signifying membership in an order or the award of a prize, 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, transitive verb_ To adorn with, or as with, ribbons; to mark with stripes resembling ribbons, To decorate or tie with ribbons, To tear into ribbons or shreds