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.

verb. Simple past tense and past participle of ridge.

adjective. having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship

"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—"

abridged  bridged  unabridged  

carinate  corded  crested  cristate  keeled  

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