Ridge

[rɪdʒ]

Definition

(noun.) a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.

(noun.) any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane.

(noun.) a long narrow natural elevation or striation.

(noun.) a long narrow range of hills.

(noun.) a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean.

(noun.) any long raised strip.

(verb.) form into a ridge.

(verb.) spade into alternate ridges and troughs; 'ridge the soil'.

(verb.) throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; 'He ridged his corn'.

(verb.) plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip.

(verb.) extend in ridges; 'The land ridges towards the South'.

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Definition

(n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest.

(n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.

(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.

(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.

(n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

(v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.

(v. t.) To form into ridges with the plow, as land.

(v. t.) To wrinkle.

Typist: Silvia

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Extended elevation.

Typist: Norton

Definition

n. the back or top of the back: anything like a back as a long range of hills: an extended protuberance: a crest: the earth thrown up by the plough between the furrows a breadth of ground running the whole length of the field divided from those on either side by broad open furrows helping to guide the sowers and reapers and effecting drainage in wet soils: the upper horizontal timber of a roof: the highest portion of a glacis.—v.t. to form into ridges: to wrinkle.—ns. Ridge′-band that part of the harness of a cart which goes over the saddle; Ridge′-bone the spine.—adj. Ridged having ridges on a surface: ridgy.—ns. Ridge′-fill′et a fillet between two flutes of a column; Ridge′-harr′ow a harrow made to lap upon the sides of a ridge over which it passes; Ridge′-plough a plough with a double mould-board; Ridge′-pole the timber forming the ridge of a roof; Ridge′-rope the central rope of an awning.—adj. Ridg′y having ridges.

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