Ridge word meaning and definition

[noun] a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters
[noun] any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
[noun] a long narrow natural elevation or striation
[noun] a long narrow range of hills
[noun] any long raised strip
[verb] form into a ridge
[verb] spade into alternate ridges and troughs, of soil
[verb] through soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"
[verb] plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
[verb] extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"

\Ridge\, n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. r["U]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.] 1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras. 2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. ``The frozen ridges of the Alps.'' --Shak. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton. 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. (Arch.) 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. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.
\Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridging}.] 1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. --Milton. 2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land. 3. To wrinkle. ``With a forehead ridged.'' --Cowper.

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