ridge
/ɹɪd͡ʒ/noun, verb1 syllable
Ridge means: 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.
Synonyms for ridge3
noun, as in 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
noun, as in a long narrow range of hills
What does ridge mean?11
noun
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
a long narrow range of hills
a long narrow natural elevation or striation
any long raised strip
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
verb
extend in ridges“The land ridges towards the South”
plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides“He ridged his corn”
spade into alternate ridges and troughs“ridge the soil”
form into a ridge
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with ridge?2
one syllable
Ridge in a sentence
- The squamosal bears an indistinct, gently curved ridge.remline
- The tower occupied a prominent spot on the ridge.AlanF_US
- The wind tore the ridge tile from me.AmarMecheri
- We have a small ridge of high pressure at the moment.sundown
- Rugged pines grow on the rocky soil of the ridge.AlanF_US
- Dmitri was standing on the top of the ridge.Amastan
- The alveolar ridges contain the sockets of the teeth.Vanilla
- The mid-ocean ridge is the longest mountain range on Earth.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of ridge
as a noun
- plural
- ridges
as a verb
- past tense
- ridged
- present participle
- ridging
- third-person singular
- ridges
- past participle
- ridged