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Synonyms for ridged

Grammar : Adj
Spell : rij
Phonetic Transcription : rɪdʒ


Définition of ridged

Origin :
  • Old English hrycg "back of a man or beast," probably reinforced by Old Norse hryggr "back, ridge," from Proto-Germanic *khrugjaz (cf. Old Frisian hregg, Old Saxon hruggi, Dutch rug, Old High German hrukki, German Rücken "the back"), of uncertain origin. Also in Old English, "the top or crest of anything," especially when long and narrow. The connecting notion is of the "ridge" of the backbone. Spelling with -dg- is from late 15c. Ridge-runner "Southern Appalachian person" first recorded 1917.
  • adj crinkled
  • adj with ridges
Example sentences :
  • Very deliberately he struck him across the face with three ridged fingers.
  • Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner
  • They rested on ridged earth, black against the cold, grey sky.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The wall beside us had been smooth, but now it was broken and ridged.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
  • It was all naked rock, ridged and pitted, and everywhere yellow-tinged.
  • Extract from : « Beyond the Vanishing Point » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The interior, high ceilinged to the ridged roof, was unbroken by supports.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • The face which was thrust into the Commissioner's was ridged and veined with passion.
  • Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace
  • His fingers felt the ridged wrappings and the smooth, warm stone of the bowl.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • It seemed half maniacal, it was so ridged with bright eagerness.
  • Extract from : « Rhoda Fleming, Complete » by George Meredith
  • It is clothed in a smooth, brown bark, ridged only in older trees.
  • Extract from : « American Forest Trees » by Henry H. Gibson
  • They are, in short, mountains of elevation, ridged up by tangential thrusts.
  • Extract from : « Fragments of Earth Lore » by James Geikie

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