Definitions for ridge
rɪdʒridge

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 7 votes

1. ridgenoun

   a long narrow natural elevation or striation

2. ridgenoun

   any long raised strip

3. ridgenoun

   a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

4. ridge, ridgelinenoun

   a long narrow range of hills

5. ridgenoun

   any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

6. ridge, ridgepole, rooftreeverb

   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. ridgeverb

   extend in ridges

   "The land ridges towards the South"

8. ridgeverb

   plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

9. ridgeverb

   throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

   "He ridged his corn"

10. ridgeverb

    spade into alternate ridges and troughs

    "ridge the soil"

11. ridgeverb

    form into a ridge

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. ridgenoun

   The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.

2. ridgenoun

   Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.

3. ridgenoun

   The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

4. ridgenoun

   Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.

5. ridgenoun

   A chain of mountains.

6. ridgenoun

   A chain of hills.

7. ridgenoun

   A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.

8. ridgenoun

   A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.

9. ridgeverb

   To form into a ridge

10. ridgeverb

    To extend in ridges

11. Ridgenoun

    after a natural landscape feature.

12. Ridgenoun

    transferred from the surname.

13. Etymology: From rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from hrycg, from hrugjaz, from (s)kreuk-. Cognate with rig, reg, rêch, rug, Rücken, rygg, hryggur.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RIDGEnoun

   Etymology: hrigg , Saxon; rig, Danish; rugge, Dutch, the back.

   1. The top of the back.

   He thought it was no time to stay;
   But in a trice advanc’d the knight
   Upon the bare ridge bolt upright. Hudibras.

   2. The rough top of any thing, resembling the vertebræ of the back.

   As when a vulture on Imaus bred,
   Whose snowy ridge the roving Tartar bounds,
   Dislodges from a region scarce of prey. John Milton.

   His sons
   Shall dwell to Seir, on that long ridge of hills! John Milton.

   The highest ridges of those mountains serve for the maintenance of cattle for the inhabitants of the vallies. John Ray.

   3. A steep protuberance.

   Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct,
   For haste. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. vii.

   About her coasts unruly waters roar,
   And, rising on a ridge, insult the shore. Dryden.

   4. The ground thrown up by the plow.

   Thou visitest the earth; thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly; thou settlest the furrows thereof. Psalm lxv. 10.

   The body is smooth on that end, and on this ’tis set with ridges round the point. John Woodward.

   Wheat must be sowed above furrow fourteen days before Michaelmas, and laid up in round high warm ridges. John Mortimer.

   Land for grass lay down when you sow wheat or rye; but then your corn should be sowed on broad ridges. John Mortimer.

   5. The top of the roof rising to an acute angle.

   Ridge tiles or roof tiles, being in length thirteen inches, and made circular breadthways like an half cylinder, whose diameter is about ten inches or more, and about half an inch and half a quarter in thickness, are laid upon the upper part or ridge of the roof, and also on the hips. Joseph Moxon.

   6.Ridges of a horse’s mouth are wrinkles or risings of the flesh in the roof of the mouth, running across from one side of the jaw to the other like fleshy ridges, with interjacent furrows or sinking cavities. Farrier’s Dict.

2. To Ridgeverb

   To form a ridge.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Thou from heav’n
   Feign’dst at thy birth was given thee in thy hair,
   Where strength can least abide, though all thy hairs
   Were bristles rang’d like those that ridge the back
   Of chas’d wild boars, or ruffl’d porcupines. John Milton.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ridge

   A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The lines along the crest formed by the highest points, with the terrain dropping down on either side, are called the ridgelines. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Ridgenoun

   the back, or top of the back; a crest

2. Ridgenoun

   a range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys

3. Ridgenoun

   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. Ridgenoun

   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. Ridgenoun

   the highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way

6. Ridgeverb

   to form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges

7. Ridgeverb

   to form into ridges with the plow, as land

8. Ridgeverb

   to wrinkle

9. Etymology: [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. rcken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. 16.]

FreebaseRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Ridge

   A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges: ⁕Dendritic ridge: In typical dissected plateau terrain, the stream drainage valleys will leave intervening ridges. These are by far the most common ridges. These ridges usually represent slightly more erosion resistant rock, but not always – they often remain because there were more joints where the valleys formed, or other chance occurrences. This type of ridge is generally somewhat random in orientation, often changing direction frequently, often with knobs at intervals on the ridge top. ⁕Stratigraphic ridge: In places such as the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians, long, even, straight ridges are formed because they are the uneroded remaining edges of the more resistant strata that were folded laterally. Similar ridges have formed in places such as the Black Hills, where the ridges form concentric circles around the igneous core. Sometimes these ridges are called "hogback ridges". ⁕Oceanic spreading ridge: In tectonic spreading zones around the world, such as at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, the volcanic activity forming new plate boundary forms volcanic ridges at the spreading zone. Isostatic settling and erosion gradually reduce the elevations moving away from the zone.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ridge

   rij, n. the back, or top of the back: anything like a back, as a long range of hills: an extended protuberance: a crest: the earth thrown up by the plough between the furrows, a breadth of ground running the whole length of the field, divided from those on either side by broad open furrows, helping to guide the sowers and reapers and effecting drainage in wet soils: the upper horizontal timber of a roof: the highest portion of a glacis.—v.t. to form into ridges: to wrinkle.—ns. Ridge′-band, that part of the harness of a cart which goes over the saddle; Ridge′-bone, the spine.—adj. Ridged, having ridges on a surface: ridgy.—ns. Ridge′-fill′et, a fillet between two flutes of a column; Ridge′-harr′ow, a harrow made to lap upon the sides of a ridge over which it passes; Ridge′-plough, a plough with a double mould-board; Ridge′-pole, the timber forming the ridge of a roof; Ridge′-rope, the central rope of an awning.—adj. Ridg′y, having ridges. [A.S. hrycg; Ice. hryggr, Ger. rücken, back.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ridge

   Hydrographically means a long narrow stretch of shingle or rocks, near the surface of the sea, (See REEF and SHALLOWS.) Geographically, the intersection of two opposite slopes, or a range of hills, or the highest line of mountains.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ridge

   In fortification, is the highest part of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. RIDGE

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ridge is ranked #4936 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Ridge surname appeared 7,133 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Ridge.
   
   86.2% or 6,153 total occurrences were White.
   7% or 500 total occurrences were Black.
   2.8% or 203 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.3% or 169 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1% or 74 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.4% or 34 total occurrences were Asian.

Matched Categories

1. • Convex Shape
   • Extend
   • Farming
   • Form
   • Geological Formation
   • Natural Elevation
   • Plough
   • Process
   • Spade
   • Throw

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ridge' in Nouns Frequency: #2110

Anagrams for ridge »

1. dirge

2. gride

3. redig

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ridge in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ridge in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of ridge in a Sentence

1. Environment Canada:

   An exceptionally strong ridge of high pressure will develop over British Columbia likely resulting in record breaking temperatures, the duration of this heat wave is concerning as there is little relief at night with elevated overnight temperatures.

2. Brittany Alkonis:

   We will be forced to leave Japan with no income, no insurance, and it will be impossible for me and my kids to visit or even speak to Ridge for the next three years.

3. Kyle Theim:

   The warm, smothering embrace of a high-amplitude ridge will continue into the long term period, temperatures starting on Monday will run between 10-15 degrees above normal, and border on record maximum temperatures, both for daily highs and lows.

4. Nick Cowie:

   It’s the narrowest ridge in the U.K. so definitely has some dangers, especially if you climb the pinnacles, i didn’t look too much at the photo and video at the time as we had the whole ridge and pinnacles to climb, but looking back I’m very happy with them and wish I had taken a few more.

5. The NHC:

   One complicating factor is that several of the models show a ridge building over the northwestern Atlantic Canada and Atlantic Canada, which could cause the storm to stay on a more northward track closer to New England than currently forecast.

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