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ridge
[ rij ]
noun
- a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.
- the back of an animal.
- any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
- the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
- (on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
verb (used with object)
- to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
- to mark with or as if with ridges.
verb (used without object)
- to form ridges.
ridge
/ rɪdʒ /
noun
- a long narrow raised land formation with sloping sides esp one formed by the meeting of two faces of a mountain or of a mountain buttress or spur
- any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land
- anatomy any elongated raised margin or border on a bone, tooth, tissue membrane, etc
- the top of a roof at the junction of two sloping sides
- ( as modifier )
a ridge tile
- the back or backbone of an animal, esp a whale
- meteorol an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone Compare trough
verb
- to form into a ridge or ridges
ridge
/ rĭj /
- A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.
- See mid-ocean ridge
- A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation.
- Compare trough
Derived Forms
- ˈridgy, adjective
- ˈridgeˌlike, adjective
Other Words From
- ridgelike adjective
- un·ridged adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridge1
Example Sentences
Scientists can conclude from those tiny ridges how active someone had been.
I don’t know if I’d normally be hiking at eleven o’clock at night, up on some ridge, during a thunderstorm.
As a mountain-bike trail builder and rider, I have an intimate knowledge of the contours of the forest, of each ridge and each drainage.
One, which came to be known as the CZU Lightning Complex fire, was burning across the ridges and through the canyons towards Nichols’s house.
The traditional “river groover” is an ammo can with an airtight top, which cuts ridges in your behind if you sit on it for too long—hence the name.
The fundamental issue: the boundaries of the underwater Lomonosov Ridge.
That should immediately destroy any illusions about how “libertarian” the Liberty Ridge ruling might be.
This vision, in the context of the incident at Liberty Ridge, reveals a substantial weakness in our constitutional framework.
To dwell on that for a moment is to get a sharp taste of the overarching issue that Liberty Ridge raises for us.
High on the slopes of Everest, some 70 sherpas surged over a ridge to see the beating.
With this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea Ridge.
A short distance off was another ridge or spur of the mountain, widening out into almost a plateau.
I turned away from the bank and raced up a long slope to a saw-backed ridge that promised largely of unobstructed view.
It lit up every ridge and hollow for two or three seconds, and showed me four riders tearing up the slope at a high run.
It was kind of Josiah to come, for he is an old man and lives a full mile above the village, half way up the ridge-side.
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