ridge
ridge
Definition
ridge (rij)
noun
- Obsolete an animal's spine or back
- the long, narrow top or crest of something, as of an animal's back, a wave, a mountain, etc.
- a long, narrow elevation of land or a similar range of hills or mountains
- any raised line or raised narrow strip, as in corded fabric, plowed land, etc.
- the horizontal line formed by the meeting of two sloping surfaces the ridge of a roof
- a long, narrow high-pressure area on a weather map
Etymology: ME rigge < OE hrycg, akin to ON hrygr, backbone, Ger rücken, back < IE *(s)kreuk-, a hump, mound < base *(s)ker-, to bend > L curvus, bent, circus, a ring
transitive verb, intransitive verb ridged, ridg′·ing
- to mark or be marked with a ridge or ridges
- to form into or furnish with a ridge or ridges
ridge
Synonyms
ridge
n.
ridge
Usage Examples
Object
- griddle: This was then cooked on a ridged griddle pan over a medium to low heat for about four minutes on each side.
Converse of object
- undulate: The landscape has an undulating ridge and valley form.
- ascend: Indeed, the nineteenth century topography is of village in a meadow ascending a lofty sandstone ridge which has extensive views.
Adjective modifier
- mid-ocean: Yet scientists have estimated that about three quarters of the material erupted on Earth each year originates at spreading mid-ocean ridges.
- rocky: We then took a rough track up into the scrub, keeping our eyes fixed on the same rocky ridge.
- grassy: So please... 2 [ Long view of the scene - Koharu, Kagome, Inuyasha and Sango are sitting beside a grassy ridge.
- alveolar: This has considerable advantages in maintaining the blood clot and encouraging new bone growth to maintain the alveolar bony ridge.
- tree-lined: The Campaign objected that no visual impact appraisal of the effect of the development on the tree-lined ridge had been carried out.
- wooded: That Indian was more than half a mile away across a wooded ridge.
Modifies a noun
- tile: The use of glaze on ridge tiles varies from type to type.
- purlin: Floor of ornamental tiles; plastered and painted walls; roof of close-set rafters and a ridge purlin, all 19thC.
- crest: Day 25: Monjo We cross a low ridge crest and drop down to Namche Bazaar.
- ventilator: Ventilation must be adequate and most gardeners agree that both side and ridge ventilators are essential for proper airing during the summer months.
Noun used with modifier
- moraine: The Glenelly Valley Complex occurs as a series of moraine ridges in the extreme southeast of the LCA.
- knife-edge: David says that he was surprised at how challenging Lhakpa Ri was and commented on the spectacular 50 meter knife-edge summit ridge.
- shingle: Sand wasp The dune systems at Holkham are formed on old shingle ridges.
- summit: The final part of the climb being a traverse of the summit ridge which in itself is worth a visit.
- brow: Notice also the projecting face, low forehead, and pronounced brow ridges.
- skyline: To the right was the valley wall, reaching up to a skyline ridge.
Preposition: of
- moraine: Sand and gravel quarries are a significant pressure in areas with ridges of glacial moraine toward the outer margins of the vale.
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