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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ridge /rɪdʒ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a long, narrow elevation of land.
- the long and narrow upper edge of something, as a hill or wave.
- any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
- Meteorology(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure:a high-pressure ridge building slowly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ridge (rij),USA pronunciation n., v., ridged, ridg•ing. n. - 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.
- Zoologythe back of an animal.
- any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
- Buildingthe horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
- Meteorology(on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.
v.t. - to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
- to mark with or as if with ridges.
v.i. - to form ridges.
- bef. 900; Middle English rigge (noun, nominal), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug, German Rücken, Old Norse hryggr
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ridge /rɪdʒ/ n - 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
- 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
- an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone
Compare trough
vb - to form into a ridge or ridges
Etymology: Old English hrycg; related to Old High German hrucki, Old Norse hryggrˈridgeˌlike adj ˈridgy adj |