ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Ribbed', Synonyms of 'Ribbed' & More on 'Ribbed'

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

canaliculate, canaliculated, chamfered, channeled, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, costate, crimped, cut, dadoed, engraved, fluted, furrowed, gashed, goffered, gouged, grooved, incised, pleated, rabbeted, rifled, rutted, rutty, scored, scratched, slit, striated, sulcate, sulcated, troughed, wrinkled

Dictionary Results for ribbed:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

ribbed
    adj 1: furnished or strengthened with ribs [ant: ribless]
    2: (of the surface) having a rough, riblike texture [syn:
       costate, ribbed]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Rib \Rib\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ribbed; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Ribbing.]
   1. To furnish with ribs; to form with rising lines and
      channels; as, to rib cloth.
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   2. To inclose, as with ribs, and protect; to shut in.
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            It [lead] were too gross
            To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave. --Shak.
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   To rib land, to leave strips of undisturbed ground between
      the furrows in plowing.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ribbed \Ribbed\, a.
   1. Furnished or formed with ribs; as, a ribbed cylinder;
      ribbed cloth.
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   2. (Mining) Intercalated with slate; -- said of a seam of
      coal. --Raymond.
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