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ridge

  [rij] noun, verb, ridged, ridg⋅ing.
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–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.
–verb (used without object)
9. to form ridges.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME rigge (n.), OE hrycg spine, crest, ridge; c. D rug, G Rücken, ON hryggr

Related forms:
ridgelike, adjective
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ridge   (rĭj)   
n.  
  1. A long, narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave.
  2. A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. Also called ridgeline.
  3. A long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
  4. Meteorology An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure. Also called wedge.
  5. A long, narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose.
  6. The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
  7. A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
v.   ridged, ridg·ing, ridg·es

v.   tr.
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.
v.   intr.
To form ridges.

[Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg; see sker-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Ridge

Ridge\, n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. r["U]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.]

1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras.

2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. "The frozen ridges of the Alps." --Shak.

Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton.

3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.

4. (Arch.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.

5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.

Ridge

Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridged; p. pr. & vb. n. Ridging.]

1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.

Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. --Milton.

2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.

3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." --Cowper.
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Language Translation for : ridge
Spanish: cresta,
German: der Grat,
Japanese: うね
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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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Main Entry: ridge
Pronunciation: 'rij
Function: noun
: a raised or elevated part and especially a body part: as a : the projecting orelevated part of the back along the line of the backbone b : an elevated body part projecting from a surface
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ridge (rĭj)
n.
A long, narrow, or crested part of the body, as on the nose.

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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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