meaning of ridge
1. The back, or top of the back; a crest.
2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
4. The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
6. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
7. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
8. To wrinkle.
9. a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters
Related Words
ridge | ridge rope | ridge tile | ridgeband | ridgebone | ridged | ridgel | ridgelet | ridgeling | ridgepiece | ridgeplate | ridgepole | ridgerope |
