ridge Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun a long narrow natural elevation or striation
noun any long raised strip
noun a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
noun a long narrow range of hills
ridgeline.
noun any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
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
rooftree; ridgepole.
verb extend in ridges
- The land ridges towards the South
verb plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
verb throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
- He ridged his corn
verb spade into alternate ridges and troughs
- ridge the soil
verb form into a ridge

OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. rÜcken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg.

The back, or top of the back; a crest. Hudibras.
A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. "The frozen ridges of the Alps." Shak.
Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton.
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.
(Arch.) 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.
(Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Stocqueler.

imperfect & past participle Ridged ; present participle & verbal noun Ridging

To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. Milton.
To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." Cowper.