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• 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

• Vertically ridged nails may be a sign of nerveroot damage.
• Now pharmaceutical companies have released a plethora of toothbrushes--ridged, twisted, tapered, with bands, dots and swirls.
• In the intervening 112 years, the coveted awards have been rectangular, ridged, doughnut-like, gilded and--for the 1972 Sapporo Winter Games--shaped like an amorphous blob.

• ridge
• carinate
• carinated
• keeled

News & Articles

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• 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

Quotes

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• Jeb Bush in BusinessWeek
  Every grower has some percentage of its crop that is flat, elongated, ridged etc., yet they are still required to adhere to the minimum grade requirements,Bush wrote in his August letter to the USDA.