ridge

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English

Wikipedia has articles on: Ridge

Etymology

From Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg 'creature's back',

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Noun

Wikipedia has an article on: Ridge

Wikipedia ridge (plural ridges)

  1. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
  2. Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
  3. A chain of mountains.
  4. A chain of hills.
  5. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
  6. (meteorology) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.

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Verb

to ridge (third-person singular simple present ridges, present participle ridging, simple past and past participle ridged)

  1. (transitive) To form into a ridge
  2. (intransitive) To extend in ridges

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