Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having a ridge or back; having an angular, projecting backbone.
- In zoology, carinate; costate; having ridges or carinæ on a surface, generally longitudinal ones. When the ridges run crosswise, the surface is said to be transversely ridged.
- Rising in a ridge or ridges; ridgy.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
ridge .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
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Examples
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He held her hand over his heart and she felt its heavy beat, then, together, their hands slid over the ridged muscles of his stomach, to the ridged
Something Wild Berg, Patti 2002
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That wretched apology of a creature stripped from me my dirt - encrusted shirt that I had worn since my entrance to solitary, and exposed my poor wasted body, the skin ridged like brown parchment over the ribs and sore-infested from the many bouts with the jacket.
Chapter 10 2010
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That wretched apology of a creature stripped from me my dirt-encrusted shirt that I had worn since my entrance to solitary, and exposed my poor wasted body, the skin ridged like brown parchment over the ribs and sore-infested from the many bouts with the jacket The examination was shamelessly perfunctory.
Chapter 10 1915
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It was slightly ridged, which is how she must have cut her knee.
In the Presence of the Enemy George, Elizabeth 1996
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Wider, and shorter, and sans the "ridged" edges, there is definitely a rustic charm about these homemade-looking noodles.
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Reaching out she touched the ridged, pocked-marked surface of a loose board.
O' Bending Light Meredith Greene 2011
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I think if you balanced out the ridged eyebrows more, those would look great.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Agent Orange Eye Samples 2009
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As Holliequ said, I think maybe the ridged eyebrows should be toned down a bit.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Agent Orange Eye Samples 2009
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Gently tugging at the bag to loosen the knot, I nudged my foot left, feeling sharply ridged pebbles prickling at my skin.
The Art of Seducing a Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011
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Nozine's face has become deeply ridged since the quake, the bones standing up like the Andes.
Beverly Bell: Surviving in Haiti Beverly Bell 2010
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