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Inflections of 'ridge v ⇒ conjugate )ridges v 3rd person singular ridging v pres p ridged v past ridged v past p
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026 ridge /rɪdʒ/USA pronunciation
n. [ countable ]
a long, narrow elevation of land. the long and narrow upper edge of something, as a hill or wave. any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth. Meteorology (on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure:a high-pressure ridge building slowly.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026 ridge
(rij),USA pronunciation n., v., ridged, ridg•ing.
n.
a long, narrow elevation of land; the long and narrow upper edge, angle, or crest of something, as a hill, wave, or vault. Zoology the back of an animal.any raised, narrow strip, as on cloth. Building the horizontal line in which the tops of the rafters of a roof meet.Meteorology (on a weather chart) a narrow, elongated area of high pressure.v.t.
to provide with or form into a ridge or ridges. to mark with or as if with ridges. v.i.
to form ridges. bef. 900; Middle English rigge (noun, nominal), Old English hrycg spine, crest, ridge; cognate with Dutch rug, German Rücken, Old Norse hryggr ridge′ like′ , adj.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ridge /rɪdʒ / n 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 any long narrow raised strip or elevation, as on a fabric or in ploughed land any elongated raised margin or border on a bone, tooth, tissue membrane, etc the top of a roof at the junction of two sloping sides (as modifier ) : a ridge tile an elongated area of high pressure, esp an extension of an anticyclone Compare trough vb to form into a ridge or ridges Etymology: Old English hrycg ; related to Old High German hrucki , Old Norse hryggr ˈridgeˌlike adj ˈridgy adj
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