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   ridge

   /rɪdʒ/

   noun

   • 1. a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed: "the North-East ridge of Everest"
   • ▪ the line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top: "the roof was unusual due to the relative heights of the eaves and the ridge"
   • ▪ a narrow raised band on a surface: "buff your nails in order to smooth ridges"
   • ▪ a raised strip of arable land, especially (in medieval fields) one of a set separated by furrows: "a path led through the ridges and furrows of fields long left to nature"
   • 2. an elongated region of high barometric pressure: "a high-pressure ridge helping to steer cyclones further south"

   verb

   • 1. mark with or form into narrow raised bands: "a field ploughed in narrow stretches that are ridged up slightly"
   • ▪ (of a surface) form into or rise up as a ridge: "the crust of the earth ridged"

   Word Origin Old Englishhrycg ‘spine, crest’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rug and German Rücken ‘back’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ridgy adjective

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