English dictionary

ridge

/r/I//dZ/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
any long raised strip

noun.shape

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a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

noun.object

Source: WordNet 3.0
a long narrow range of hills

noun.object

Synonyms ridgeline

Source: WordNet 3.0
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

noun.body

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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.artifact

Synonyms ridgepole rooftree

Source: WordNet 3.0
The back, or top of the back; a crest.

noun

Source: webster1913

extend in ridges

verb.stative

Examples
The land ridges towards the South.

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plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

verb.creation

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throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

verb.contact

Examples
He ridged his corn.

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spade into alternate ridges and troughs

verb.contact

Examples
Ridge the soil.

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form into a ridge

verb.change

Source: WordNet 3.0
To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.

verb

Source: webster1913