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Meanings of keeled in English

Having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship.

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Examples for "ridged"
Examples for "ridged"
1
They were in a road ridged with grass and flanked by bushes.
The Chief Legatee
2
Using the tissue, she picked up the key by its ridged end.
True blue
3
Actually women have more minutiae, they'll have tighter ridged detail than men.
Wired
4
Vaughan hesitated a second and then touched the ridged skin, very gently.
Nothing to lose
5
Dead winds delayed us, the sea ridged, clouds blotted out the blue.
1492
Usage of keeled in English
1
The ball took him in the side and keeled him over instantly.
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
2
Patients were randomized to receive either a pegged or keeled glenoid component.
Pubmed
3
You happened to mention it when you keeled over in my office.
The Shield of Silence
4
The Albatross keeled to port until her side almost touched the water.
The Boy Allies with Uncle Sam's Cruisers
5
Without a groan it keeled over, dead before it reached the ground.
Bucky O'Connor: A Tale of the Unfenced Border
6
Then all at once, my mage keeled forward, collapsing to one knee.
Song of the Nile
7
Lo and behold, the cows haven't keeled over and dried themselves off.
Independent.ie
8
His first shot put out my starboard light, and I keeled over.
Defenders of Democracy / Contributions from representative men a...
9
One of the men on a circling, snorting horse keeled over sideways.
Savage
10
Tail elongate, tapering, with two rows of shields, keeled on the sides.
Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Weste...
11
Then, brawny, big Scotswoman though she was, she quietly keeled over again.
Freckles
12
Ben Gillam's ship keeled mast over hull from being ice-logged last spring.
Heralds of Empire / Being the Story of One Ramsay Stanhope, Lieu...
13
Her stomach knotted so tight, she nearly keeled over from the pain.
Truths unveiled
14
But women in senior positions need to come across as even-keeled, Elsbach said.
BBC
15
His explanations are unflinchingly clear and his demeanour is Louis van Gaal-esquely even-keeled.
The Guardian
16
He was fine this morning, and then he just keeled over.
Foul play
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United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common