ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled
(adjective) having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; “a carinate sepal”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ridged (comparative more ridged, superlative most ridged)
Having ridges.
• enridged
ridged
simple past tense and past participle of ridge
• dirged, girded, grided
Source: Wiktionary
Ridge, n. Etym: [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. rĂścken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. sq. root16.]
1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. Hudibras.
2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. "The frozen ridges of the Alps." Shak. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton.
3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
4. (Arch.)
Definition: The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
5. (Fort.)
Definition: The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Stocqueler.
Ridge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ridging.]
1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. Milton.
2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." Cowper.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 February 2025
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