ridge

[rij] noun, verb, ridged, ridg·ing.
noun
1.
a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
2.
the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.
3.
the back of an animal.
4.
any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
5.
the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
6.
(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
verb (used with object)
7.
to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
8.
to mark with or as if with ridges.
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verb (used without object)
9.
to form ridges.
Origin:
before 900; Middle English rigge (noun), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug, German Rücken, Old Norse hryggr

Related forms
ridge·like, adjective
un·ridged, adjective
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ridge (rɪdʒ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
1.  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
2.  any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land
3.  anatomy any elongated raised margin or border on a bone, tooth, tissue membrane, etc
4.  a.  the top of a roof at the junction of two sloping sides
 b.  (as modifier): a ridge tile
5.  the back or backbone of an animal, esp a whale
6.  meteorol Compare trough an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone
 
—vb
7.  to form into a ridge or ridges
 
[Old English hrycg; related to Old High German hrucki, Old Norse hryggr]
 
'ridgelike
 
—adj
 
'ridgy
 
—adj

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Word Origin & History

ridge
O.E. hrycg "back of a man or beast," probably reinforced by O.N. hryggr "back, ridge," from P.Gmc. *khrugjaz (cf. O.Fris. hregg, O.S. hruggi, Du. rug, O.H.G. hrukki, Ger. Rücken "the back"), of uncertain origin. Also in O.E., "the top or crest of anything," especially when long and narrow. The connecting
notion is of the "ridge" of the backbone. Ridge-runner "Southern Appalachian person" first recorded 1917.
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Medical Dictionary

ridge (rĭj)
n.
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body, as on the nose.

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Science Dictionary
ridge   (rĭj)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.

  2. See mid-ocean ridge.

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


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Example sentences
To make the folded-roof model fold the mud flat in half along the center ridge.
The book failed to mention the fact that it was a three-hour hike to the bridge, up and over a steep ridge.
They cut their peat from the high ridge and harvested fish from the sea.
Army snipers climbed the ridge but came under fire from rebel anti-aircraft guns mounted on pick-up trucks.
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