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- Dictionaryridge/rɪdʒ/
noun
- 1. a long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed: "the North-East ridge of Everest"
- 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"
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RIDGE definition: 1. a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain: 2. the part…. Learn more.
1. : an elevated body part or structure. 2. a. : a range of hills or mountains. b. : an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom. 3. : an elongate crest or a linear series of crests. 4. : a raised strip (as of plowed ground) 5. : the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof. ridged. ˈrijd. adjective. ridge.
RIDGE meaning: 1. a long, narrow raised part of a surface, especially a high edge along a mountain: 2. the part…. Learn more.
noun. a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains. the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault. the back of an animal. any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth. the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.
n. 1. A long narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave. 2. a. A long, narrow, elevated section of the earth's surface, such as a chain of hills or mountains or the divide between adjacent valleys. b. A long mountain range on the ocean floor. 3. A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure. Also called wedge. 4.
noun. 1. a long narrow raised land formation with sloping sides esp one formed by the meeting of two faces of a mountain or of a mountain buttress or spur. 2. any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land. 3. anatomy.
A ridge is a long, narrow, elevated strip of land or any raised strip or band. A ridge is a line that rises above what it is attached to. Think of a ridge as a combination between rim and edge.
ridge. noun. /rɪdʒ/. /rɪdʒ/. a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills; a high pointed area near the top of a mountain. walking along the ridge. the north-east ridge of the Matterhorn. We stood on the windswept ridge and looked down at the valley below. Wordfinder.
RIDGE definition: 1. a long, narrow piece of high land, especially along the top of a mountain: 2. a narrow, raised…. Learn more.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Geography, Nature, Geology ridge /rɪdʒ/ noun [ countable] 1 a long area of high land, especially at the top of a mountain We made our way carefully along the ridge. 2 a) something long and thin that is raised above the things around it A small ridge of sand separated the field ...
