Ridge meaning

What does “ridge” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“ridge” is a noun and verb with 11 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a long narrow natural elevation or striation.

ridge

noun

  1. a long narrow natural elevation or striation

  2. any long raised strip

  3. a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

  4. a long narrow range of hills

    Synonymsridgeline
  5. any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

  6. 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

verb

  1. extend in ridges

    “The land ridges towards the South”

  2. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

  3. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

    “He ridged his corn”

  4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs

    “ridge the soil”

  5. form into a ridge

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University