"ridge" Definition

Definitions for the word "ridge" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The back, or top of the back; a crest.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t.
To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. t.
To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. t.
To wrinkle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (ridge of a roof). 2 long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 3 any narrow elevation across a surface. 4 elongated region of high barometric pressure. 5 raised strip of esp. Ploughed land. v. (-ging) mark with ridges. ridgy adj. [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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