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单词 ridges
释义

ridge

1 of 2

noun

ˈrij How to pronounce ridge (audio)
1
: an elevated body part or structure
2
a
: a range of hills or mountains
b
: an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom
3
: an elongate crest or a linear series of crests
4
: a raised strip (as of plowed ground)
5
: the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof
ridged
ˈrijd How to pronounce ridge (audio)
adjective

ridge

2 of 2

verb

ridged; ridging

transitive verb

: to form into a ridge

intransitive verb

: to extend in ridges

Synonyms

Noun

  • crest
See all Synonyms & Antonyms

Example Sentences

Noun We hiked along the ridge. the ridges on the sole of a boot the ridge of a roof
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Last year, scientists reported that the glacier is at risk of detaching from that ridge. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022 Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→. From a perch high on a ridge, NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recorded this image of a Martian dust devil twisting through the valley below on March 31, 2016. Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 29 June 2022 Searchers found the wreckage and the two bodies on a ridge in the back country away from roads and trails, the park service said. Staff And Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 8 May 2022 Driving the heat is a ridge of high pressure, colloquially known as a heat dome, which will be parked directly over the United Kingdom by Tuesday night into Wednesday. Matthew Cappucci, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2022 The narrow path ascends through a fragrant mix of laurel sumac, sugar bush and oak and ends at the giant stone outcropping (with its birdlike ridge) overlooking the city. Matt Pawlik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022 The relative cool down is thanks to the gradual dissipation of a high-pressure ridge, which has kept the Pacific Northwest locked into unseasonably warm temperatures. oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2022 New Orleans was founded in 1718 atop the ridge that runs alongside the current channel of the Mississippi, 150 kilometers upstream of the river’s mouth. Boyce Upholt, Wired, 23 July 2022 Podor sits on a ridge above the Senegal River, not far from the southern edge of the Sahara. Jori Lewis, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022
Verb
High pressure will ridge across the region on Tuesday, bringing a partly sunny sky with unseasonably low humidity and seasonable temperatures. Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2022 High pressure will ridge across Connecticut on Friday bringing partly sunny skies and unseasonably mild temperatures with highs in the low to mid-70s. courant.com, 7 Oct. 2021 High pressure will ridge into the region on Wednesday, bringing partly sunny skies, breezy and cool conditions. Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 High pressure will ridge into the region from the Midwest on Wednesday, bringing partly sunny skies and breezy conditions with high temperatures in the 50s. Hartford Courant, 26 Apr. 2022 High pressure will ridge into the region on Friday, bringing a mixture of clouds and sunshine with high temperatures in the upper 50s and lower 60s. courant.com, 23 Mar. 2022 High pressure in northern New York will ridge southward into the area bringing partly sunny skies on Monday with high temperatures ranging from the upper 20s to the mid-30s. courant.com, 23 Jan. 2022 High pressure over the Ohio Valley will ridge into the region on Tuesday bringing partly sunny skies and seasonably cool temperatures with highs ranging from the mid-30s to the lower 40s. courant.com, 7 Dec. 2021 High pressure over the central Appalachians will ridge into the region, bringing partly sunny skies Friday morning and then mostly sunny conditions in the afternoon. courant.com, 3 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg; akin to Old High German hrukki ridge, back

First Known Use

Noun

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1523, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Kids Definition

ridge

noun

ˈrij How to pronounce ridge (audio)
1
: a range of hills or mountains or its upper part
2
: a raised strip
The plow created a ridge of soil.
3
: the line made where two sloping surfaces come together
Birds sat perched on the ridge of the roof.

Medical Definition

ridge

noun

ˈrij How to pronounce ridge (audio)
: a raised or elevated part and especially a body part: as
a
: the projecting or elevated part of the back along the line of the backbone
b
: an elevated body part projecting from a surface

ridges 1 of 2

noun

plural of ridge
as in crests
the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge pigeons roosting along the ridge of the roof

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • crests
  • peaks
  • spines
  • prominences
  • promontories
  • eminences
  • divides
  • backbones
  • rises
  • ridgepoles

ridges

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verb

present tense third-person singular of ridge
as in clumps

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • clumps
  • banks
  • lumps
  • drifts
  • agglutinates
  • masses
  • conglomerates
  • accretes
  • accumulates
  • builds up
  • amasses
  • collects
  • piles (up)
  • stacks (up)
  • concentrates
  • gathers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • dissipates
  • scatters
  • disperses
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