RIDGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ridge mean? 

• RIDGE (noun)
  The noun RIDGE has 6 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: RIDGE used as a noun is common.

• RIDGE (verb)
  The verb RIDGE has 5 senses:

1. extend in ridges

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

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

4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs

5. form into a ridge

  Familiarity information: RIDGE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIDGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A long narrow natural elevation or striation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

bank (a long ridge or pile)

bar (a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore)

dune; sand dune (a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans)

esker ((geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets)

ledge; shelf (a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water)

reef (a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water)

ripple mark (one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind)

Derivation:

ridge (extend in ridges)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any long raised strip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

convex shape; convexity (a shape that curves or bulges outward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)

corrugation (a ridge on a corrugated surface)

Derivation:

ridge (form into a ridge)

ridge (spade into alternate ridges and troughs)

ridge (throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides)

ridge (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Instance hyponyms:

Mid-Atlantic Ridge (a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A long narrow range of hills

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

ridge; ridgeline

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

arete (a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains)

hogback; horseback (a narrow ridge of hills)

Derivation:

ridge (extend in ridges)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

superciliary arch; superciliary ridge; supraorbital ridge; supraorbital torus (a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ridge; ridgepole; rooftree

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Holonyms ("ridge" is a part of...):

gable roof; saddle roof; saddleback; saddleback roof (a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end)

• RIDGE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they ridge    ... he / she / it ridges   
Past simple: ridged   
Past participle: ridged   
-ing form: ridging   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extend in ridges

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The land ridges towards the South

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

continue; cover; extend (span an interval of distance, space or time)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)

ridge (a long narrow range of hills)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

plough; plow; turn (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

He ridged his corn

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Spade into alternate ridges and troughs

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

ridge the soil

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

spade (dig (up) with a spade)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Form into a ridge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

 Context examples 

Most seamounts were once active volcanoes, and so are usually found near tectonically active plate boundaries, mid-ocean ridges and subducting zones.

(New map uncovers thousands of unseen seamounts on ocean floor, NSF)

A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronchi (the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs).

(Carina of trachea, NCI Dictionary)

Smooth material and a central ridge stand out on its floor.

(New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters, NASA)

A ridge at the base of the trachea (windpipe) that separates the openings of the right and left main bronchi (the large air passages that lead from the trachea to the lungs)

(Carina, NCI Dictionary)

Vertical ridges are usually not associated with underlying disorders and tend to become more pronounced with age.

(Nail Ridging, NCI Thesaurus)

When you look at the mid-ocean ridge and think about the water that's circulating through it, it looks as though a lot of the ocean is moving through this cold environment.

(Microbes in underground aquifers beneath deep-sea Mid-Atlantic Ridge 'chow down' on carbon, National Science Foundation)

White spots and vertical ridges are harmless.

(Nail Diseases, NIH)

As the ground under Mare Frigoris shifts, it pushes up wrinkle ridges, which typically snake along the ground for several miles.

(Study Finds New Wrinkles on Earth's Moon, NASA)

Every fresh advance which we make only reveals a fresh ridge beyond.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

On the eastern side of this plain the country-side sloped upwards, thick with vines in summer, but now ridged with the brown bare enclosures.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)