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ridge

Pronunciation: /rɪdʒ/
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Definition of ridge

noun

  • 1a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed:the North-East ridge of Everest
  • the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top: the roof was unusual due to the relative heights of the eaves and the ridge
  • a narrow raised band on a surface:buff your nails in order to smooth ridges
  • a raised strip of arable land, especially (in medieval fields) one of a set separated by furrows: a path led through the ridges and furrows of fields long left to nature
  • 2 Meteorology an elongated region of high barometric pressure: a high-pressure ridge helping to steer cyclones further south

verb

[with object] (often as adjective ridged)
  • mark with or form into ridges:the ridged sand of the beach a field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly
  • [no object] (of a surface) form into or rise up as a ridge: the crust of the earth ridged

Derivatives

ridgy

adjective

Origin:

Old English hrycg 'spine, crest', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rug and German Rücken 'back'

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