Definitions for RIDGErɪdʒ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ridgerɪdʒ(n.; v.)ridged, ridg•ing.
(n.)a long, narrow elevation of land, as a chain of hills.
the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill.
the back of an animal.
Category: Zoology
any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
Category: Building Trades
(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
Category: Meteorology
(v.t.)to provide with or form into ridges.
to mark with or as if with ridges.
(v.i.)to form ridges.
Origin of ridge:
bef. 900; ME rigge (n.), OE hrycg spine
Princeton's WordNet
ridge(noun)
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
ridge(noun)
any long raised strip
ridge(noun)
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
ridge, ridgeline(noun)
a long narrow range of hills
ridge(noun)
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
ridge, ridgepole, rooftree(verb)
a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
ridge(verb)
extend in ridges
"The land ridges towards the South"
ridge(verb)
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
ridge(verb)
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
"He ridged his corn"
ridge(verb)
spade into alternate ridges and troughs
"ridge the soil"
ridge(verb)
form into a ridge
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
ridge(noun)ɪdʒ
a line of rock, land, ice, etc. that is higher than the surrounding area
a rocky ridge high in the mountains
Wiktionary
ridge(Noun)
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
ridge(Noun)
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
ridge(Noun)
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
ridge(Noun)
Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
ridge(Noun)
A chain of mountains.
ridge(Noun)
A chain of hills.
ridge(Noun)
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
ridge(Noun)
A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
ridge(Verb)
To form into a ridge
ridge(Verb)
To extend in ridges
Ridge(ProperNoun)
after a natural landscape feature.
Ridge(ProperNoun)
transferred from the surname.
Origin: From rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from hrycg, from hrugjaz, from (s)kreuk-. Cognate with rig, reg, rêch, rug, Rücken, rygg, hryggur.
Webster Dictionary
Ridge(noun)
the back, or top of the back; a crest
Ridge(noun)
a range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys
Ridge(noun)
a raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc
Ridge(noun)
the intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault
Ridge(noun)
the highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way
Ridge(verb)
to form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges
Ridge(verb)
to form into ridges with the plow, as land
Ridge(verb)
to wrinkle
Translations for RIDGE
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
ridge(noun)
a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.
- rifAfrikaans

- أرْض مُرْتَفِعَهArabic

- гребенBulgarian

- cumePortuguese (BR)

- hřebenCzech

- der GratGerman

- højdedrag; åsDanish

- ράχη, κορυφογραμμήGreek

- crestaSpanish

- seljakEstonian

- بر امدگیFarsi

- harjanneFinnish

- crêteFrench

- רֶכֶסHebrew

- ढालू टीला या पहाड़ीHindi

- greben, vrhCroatian

- gerincHungarian

- tebingIndonesian

- kambur,ás, hryggurIcelandic

- crestaItalian

- うねJapanese

- 산마루Korean

- kalnagūbris, ketera, gūbrysLithuanian

- (kalna) mugura; koreLatvian

- rabungMalay

- richelDutch

- ås, høydedrag, kamNorwegian

- skiba, wałPolish

- بر امدگیPersian

- دغونډيولړ ياسليله ،پښته ، غونډۍ: پوله ، موړه (مورهPashto

- cumePortuguese

- creastăRomanian

- гребеньRussian

- hrebeňSlovak

- grebenSlovenian

- grebenSerbian

- åsSwedish

- แนว; สันThai

- sırt, dağ/tepe sırtıTurkish

- 山脊Chinese (Trad.)

- гребіньUkrainian

- زمین کا ایک لمبا تنگ حصہUrdu

- chóp; ngọnVietnamese

- 山脊Chinese (Simp.)

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