ridge
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.
the back of an animal.
any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
to mark with or as if with ridges.
to form ridges.
Origin of ridge
1Other words from ridge
- ridgelike, adjective
- un·ridged, adjective
Words Nearby ridge
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How to use ridge in a sentence
Scientists can conclude from those tiny ridges how active someone had been.
Women like Mulan didn’t need to go to war in disguise | Bethany Brookshire | September 4, 2020 | Science News For StudentsI don’t know if I’d normally be hiking at eleven o’clock at night, up on some ridge, during a thunderstorm.
Inside an FKT Attempt on the Appalachian Trail | Martin Fritz Huber | September 3, 2020 | Outside OnlineAs a mountain-bike trail builder and rider, I have an intimate knowledge of the contours of the forest, of each ridge and each drainage.
One, which came to be known as the CZU Lightning Complex fire, was burning across the ridges and through the canyons towards Nichols’s house.
The traditional “river groover” is an ammo can with an airtight top, which cuts ridges in your behind if you sit on it for too long—hence the name.
The fundamental issue: the boundaries of the underwater Lomonosov ridge.
That should immediately destroy any illusions about how “libertarian” the Liberty ridge ruling might be.
This vision, in the context of the incident at Liberty ridge, reveals a substantial weakness in our constitutional framework.
To dwell on that for a moment is to get a sharp taste of the overarching issue that Liberty ridge raises for us.
High on the slopes of Everest, some 70 sherpas surged over a ridge to see the beating.
Breaking Mount Everest’s Glass Ceiling | Amanda Padoan, Peter Zuckerman | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith this company he had rendered valiant service in the campaign which ended with the battle of Pea ridge.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnA short distance off was another ridge or spur of the mountain, widening out into almost a plateau.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonI turned away from the bank and raced up a long slope to a saw-backed ridge that promised largely of unobstructed view.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt lit up every ridge and hollow for two or three seconds, and showed me four riders tearing up the slope at a high run.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairIt was kind of Josiah to come, for he is an old man and lives a full mile above the village, half way up the ridge-side.
The Soldier of the Valley | Nelson Lloyd
British Dictionary definitions for ridge
/ (rɪdʒ) /
a long narrow raised land formation with sloping sides esp one formed by the meeting of two faces of a mountain or of a mountain buttress or spur
any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land
anatomy any elongated raised margin or border on a bone, tooth, tissue membrane, etc
the top of a roof at the junction of two sloping sides
(as modifier): a ridge tile
the back or backbone of an animal, esp a whale
meteorol an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone: Compare trough (def. 4)
to form into a ridge or ridges
Origin of ridge
1Derived forms of ridge
- ridgelike, adjective
- ridgy, adjective
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for ridge
[ rĭj ]
A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.
A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation. Compare trough.
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