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1. (n.) ridge
a long, narrow elevation of land, as a chain of hills.
2. ridge
the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill.
3. ridge
the back of an animal.
4. ridge
any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
5. ridge
the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
6. ridge
(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
7. (v.t.) ridge
to provide with or form into ridges.
8. ridge
to mark with or as if with ridges.
9. (v.i.) ridge
to form ridges.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME rigge (n.), OE hrycg spine)
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1. (noun) ridge
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2. (noun) ridge
any long raised strip
3. (noun) ridge
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
4. (noun) ridge, ridgeline
a long narrow range of hills
5. (noun) ridge
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
6. (verb) ridge, ridgepole, rooftree
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
7. (verb) ridge
extend in ridges
"The land ridges towards the South"
8. (verb) ridge
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
9. (verb) ridge
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
"He ridged his corn"
10. (verb) ridge
spade into alternate ridges and troughs
"ridge the soil"
11. (verb) ridge
form into a ridge
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1. (noun) ridge
a line of rock, land, ice, etc. that is higher than the surrounding area
a rocky ridge high in the mountains
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1. (noun) ridge
the back, or top of the back; a crest
2. (noun) ridge
a range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys
3. (noun) ridge
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
4. (noun) ridge
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
5. (noun) ridge
the highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way
6. (verb) ridge
to form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges
7. (verb) ridge
to form into ridges with the plow, as land
8. (verb) ridge
to wrinkle
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Sense: a long narrow piece of ground etc raised above the level of the ground etc on either side of it.
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 Afrikaans: rif |
 Arabic: أرْض مُرْتَفِعَه |
 Bulgarian: гребен |
 Brazilian: cume |
 Czech: hřeben |
 German: der Grat |
 Danish: højdedrag; ås |
 Greek: ράχη, κορυφογραμμή |
 Spanish: cresta |
 Estonian: seljak |
 Farsi: بر امدگی |
 Finnish: harjanne |
 French: crête |
 Hebrew: רֶכֶס |
 Hindi: ढालू टीला या पहाड़ी |
 Croatian: greben, vrh |
 Hungarian: gerinc |
 Indonesian: tebing |
 Icelandic: kambur,ás, hryggur |
 Italian: cresta |
 Japanese: うね |
 Korean: 산마루 |
 Lithuanian: kalnagūbris, ketera, gūbr |
 Latvian: (kalna) mugura; kore |
 Malay: rabung |
 Dutch: richel |
 Norwegian: ås, høydedrag, kam |
 Polish: skiba, wał |
 Persian: بر امدگی |
 Pashto: دغونډيولړ ياسليله ،پښته ، |
 Portuguese: cume |
 Romanian: creastă |
 Russian: гребень |
 Slovak: hrebeň |
 Slovenian: greben |
 Serbian: greben |
 Swedish: ås |
 Thai: แนว; สัน |
 Turkish: sırt, dağ/tepe sırtı |
 Taiwanese: 山脊 |
 Ukrainian: гребінь |
 Urdu: زمین کا ایک لمبا تنگ حصہ |
 Vietnamese: chóp; ngọn |
 Chinese: 山脊 |
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