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Ridge

rɪdʒ

Ridge definitions
noun
ridge ridges
  1. a 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. an elongated region of high barometric pressure

    "a high-pressure ridge helping to steer cyclones further south"

verb
ridge ridged ridges ridging
  1. mark with or form into narrow raised bands

    "a field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly"

    • (of a surface) form into or rise up as a ridge

      "the crust of the earth ridged"