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ridge

[ rij ]

noun

  1. a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
  2. the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault.
  3. the back of an animal.
  4. any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth.
  5. the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
  6. (on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.


verb (used with object)

ridged, ridging.
  1. to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges.
  2. to mark with or as if with ridges.

verb (used without object)

ridged, ridging.
  1. to form ridges.

ridge

/ °ùɪ»åÏô /

noun

  1. 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
  2. any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land
  3. anatomy any elongated raised margin or border on a bone, tooth, tissue membrane, etc
    1. the top of a roof at the junction of two sloping sides
    2. ( as modifier )

      a ridge tile

  4. the back or backbone of an animal, esp a whale
  5. meteorol an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone Compare trough
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to form into a ridge or ridges
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

ridge

/ °ùÄ­Âá /

  1. A long narrow chain of hills or mountains.
  2. A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation.
  3. Compare trough
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ°ù¾±»å²µ²â, adjective
  • ˈ°ù¾±»å²µ±ðËŒ±ô¾±°ì±ð, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • °ù¾±»å²µ±ðl¾±°ì±ð adjective
  • ³Ü²Ô·°ù¾±»å²µ±ð»å adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ridge1

before 900; Middle English rigge (noun), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug, German ¸éü³¦°ì±ð²Ô, Old Norse hryggr
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of ridge1

Old English hrycg ; related to Old High German hrucki , Old Norse hryggr
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The brief sizzle is fueled by a peaking high-pressure ridge, along with an offshore flow that is pulling hot air from the mountains to the coastal areas, Munroe said.

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A ridge of high pressure expected to settle over the region is driving the high temperatures, Lewis said.

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Being at the top of a ridge is especially dangerous.

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It’s never super-crowded, and when you get to that back top ridge and it’s overlooking all the mountains, and there’s eucalyptus trees … it’s so L.A.

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Paradise, a town built on volcanic ridges with a maze of dead-end roads offering few ways in and out, was particularly difficult to evacuate.

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