ridge

[ rij ]

/ rɪdʒ /

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noun

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.

verb (used with object), ridged, ridg·ing.

to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.

to mark with or as if with ridges.

verb (used without object), ridged, ridg·ing.

to form ridges.

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Origin of ridge

before 900; Middle English rigge (noun), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug,German Rücken,Old Norse hryggr

OTHER WORDS FROM ridge

ridgelike, adjectiveun·ridged, adjective

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Example sentences from the Web for ridge

As we continued the ascent—from the summit of Little Haystack Mountain, up along the ridge to Mount Lincoln and the highest peak, Mount Lafayette—our legs grew increasingly wobbly and the sun dipped into the horizon.
Are We Wired to Be Outside? - Issue 92: Frontiers|Grigori Guitchounts|November 11, 2020|Nautilus
More closely spaced ridges produced more frequent sets of spikes while larger spaces produced less frequent bursts of electrical activity.
A fish’s fins may be as sensitive to touch as fingertips|Carolyn Wilke|November 3, 2020|Science News
I pulled over near Norbeck Pass, just as the sun was dipping behind a toothy ridge of eroding rock.
I Saw an Epic Sunset at Badlands National Park|Emily Pennington|November 3, 2020|Outside Online
The connective ridges near the back of the beetle, on the other hand, are not as intricately interlocked, allowing the top and bottom halves of the exoskeleton to slide past each other slightly.
The diabolical ironclad beetle can survive getting run over by a car. Here’s how|Maria Temming|October 21, 2020|Science News

The ridge at the bottom—which keeps your laptop or Kindle from sliding down—doubles as an orthopedic wrist rest, to help ease carpal tunnel or prevent wrist pain in the first place.
Convenient laptop stands with adjustable easels|PopSci Commerce Team|September 23, 2020|Popular Science
A hundred summer sunsets glowed in the yellow corn that lay massed in ridged and burnished splendor.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865|Various
Higher, the roseate whiteness of ridged snow on Alps or Apennines.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece|John Addington Symonds
The cones are three to five inches long, with ridged scales set with prickles.
Trees Every Child Should Know|Julia Ellen Rogers
Millions of lice swarmed over the wasted limbs and ridged ribs.
Andersonville, Volume 2|John McElroy
The fillets are not so well 290 smoothed down on the interior surface as usual, a ridged appearance being the result.
Pottery of the ancient Pueblos. (1886 N 04 / 1882-1883 (pages 257-360))|William Henry Holmes

British Dictionary definitions for ridge

ridge

/ (rɪdʒ) /

noun

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 anticycloneCompare trough (def. 4)

verb

to form into a ridge or ridges

Derived forms of ridge

ridgelike, adjectiveridgy, adjective

Word Origin for ridge

Old English hrycg; related to Old High German hrucki, Old Norse hryggr

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Medical definitions for ridge

ridge

[ rĭj ]

n.

A long, narrow, or crested part of the body, as on the nose.

Scientific definitions for ridge

ridge

[ rĭj ]

A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.

See mid-ocean ridge.

A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation. Compare trough.

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