ridged vs rigid :

Definitions
  ridged
  • v  extend in ridges
  • v  plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
  • v  throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
    He ridged his corn
  • v  spade into alternate ridges and troughs
  • v  form into a ridge
  • a  having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship
  rigid
  • s  incapable of or resistant to bending
    a rigid strip of metal
    a table made of rigid plastic
  • s  incapable of compromise or flexibility
  • s  incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
    a rigid disciplinarian
  • a  designating an airship or dirigible having a form maintained by a stiff unyielding frame or structure
  • s  fixed and unmoving
    a face rigid with pain
News & Articles
  ridged
  • Eat This Now: Okra
    In the south, it’s available year-round, but for the rest of us, summer is a great time to take advantage of fresh okra. While it looks like a ridged pepper, okra belongs to the same family as hibiscus and cotton, and likely came to the U.S. from Africa more than three centuries ago. The food: Okra is appealing for its tender fruit and leaves, but perhaps its most unusual feature is the gummy ...
    July 22, 2013 - Wellness
  • Dead man, rare rattlesnakes recovered from Parker Canyon Lake area
    SIERRA VISTA — The body of 57-year-old Daniel Genaro was recovered near Parker Canyon Lake on Saturday, along with a backpack containing two state-protected ridged-nosed rattlesnakes. The ridged-nose rattlesnake is the state reptile of Arizona and one of four species of rattlesnakes afforded special protections under Arizona law. var adurl = window.location.href; document.write(' '+' ') Full ...
    July 17, 2013 - The Sierra Vista Herald
  • Cardinal Scale Launches New Harvester® Group Livestock Scales Today
    Cardinal Scale’s Harvester® LSC Series Stationary Group Livestock Scales feature the highest-quality construction available on the market combined with incredibly cost-effective pricing. The NTEP legal-for-trade LSC series feature patent-pending, factory-poured concrete decks with high tensile strength and ridged surfaces for sure footing of livestock. (PRWeb July 17, 2013) Read the full story ...
    July 17, 2013 - PRWeb
  rigid
  • Why Governments Need to Budget Over the Infinite Horizon
    How far into the future should governments budget? Economic theory has a clear and rigid answer. But it’s not one economists like to give – for two reasons. First, it’s not one people easily comprehend. Second, it’s not one that politicians, whose attention most economists covet, like to hear. The answer is that governments need to budget out to infinity. Infinity is a very long time. But ...
    June 14, 2013 - Forbes
  • Brown retreats from conditions on university funding
    The budget plan to be voted on Friday will no longer tie money to transfer enrollment numbers and other measures, which critics called rigid and unrealistic. SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown has backed off his proposal to tie some money for California's public universities to such requirements as improving graduation rates, enrolling more low-income students and freezing tuition for four years ...
    June 14, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
  • Why the Government Needs to Budget Over the Infinite Horizon
    By Laurence Kotlikoff How far into the future should governments budget? Economic theory has a clear and rigid answer. But it’s not one economists like to give – for two reasons. First, it’s not one people easily comprehend. Second, it’s … Continue reading ?
    June 14, 2013 - The Exchange via Yahoo! Finance