Ridge definition
A long, narrow elevation of land or a similar range of hills or mountains.
noun
To form a ridge or ridges.
verb
(obs.) An animal's spine or back.
noun
The long, narrow top or crest of something, as of an animal's back, a wave, a mountain, etc.
noun
(fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
noun
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Any raised line or raised narrow strip, as in corded fabric, plowed land, etc.
noun
A long mountain range on the ocean floor.
noun
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
noun
A male given name transferred from the surname.
pronoun
A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.
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To mark with, form into, or provide with a ridge or ridges.
verb
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The definition of a ridge is a long, narrow crest of something.
An example of a ridge is the strip of mountains in the Southeast area of Mt. Everest from Nepal.
An example of a ridge is along an animal's backbone.
noun
To mark or be marked with a ridge or ridges.
verb
A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
noun
A long, narrow, elevated section of the earth's surface, such as a chain of hills or mountains or the divide between adjacent valleys.
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(anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
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A long, narrow high-pressure area on a weather map.
noun
A long narrow upper section or crest.
The ridge of a wave.
noun
The horizontal line formed by the meeting of two sloping surfaces.
The ridge of a roof.
noun
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To form into or furnish with a ridge or ridges.
verb
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body.
The ridge of the nose.
noun
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body.
The ridge of the nose.
noun
The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
noun
A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure.
noun
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A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation.
Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
ridge
Plural:
ridgesOrigin of ridge
- Middle English rigge from Old English hrycg sker-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hrycg (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface"), from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back"), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreuk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend"). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge"), North Frisian reg (“back"), West Frisian rêch (“back"), Dutch rug (“back, ridge"), German Rücken (“back, ridge"), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge"), Icelandic hryggur (“spine"). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back") and kurriz (“back").
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- From Middle English.
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