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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.

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(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.

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verb (used with object)

to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.

to mark with or as if with ridges.

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verb (used without object)

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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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

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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

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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