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ridge
[ rij ]
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)
- to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
- to mark with or as if with ridges.
verb (used without object)
- to form ridges.
ridge
/ ɪ /
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 anticyclone Compare trough
verb
- to form into a ridge or ridges
ridge
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈ岵, adjective
- ˈ岵ˌ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- 岵l adjective
- ܲ·岵 adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridge1
Word History and Origins
Origin of ridge1
Example Sentences
One, perched halfway up the western ridge, looms over the village, while another in the east is under construction.
From the top of the ridge, where the wolves are believed to make their den, there’s a commanding view of Prather Ranch to the east and of another ranch, Table Rock, to the west.
They got to the par-three 16th, where the Sunday pin position was in the back left of the green, just over a ridge.
The shrub — reportedly named for leaves that can droop and coil like poodle fur — primarily grows in Southern California in chaparral between roughly 3,300 to 7,500 feet, on granitic slopes and ridges.
The brief sizzle is fueled by a peaking high-pressure ridge, along with an offshore flow that is pulling hot air from the mountains to the coastal areas, Munroe said.
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