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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

ridgepole, rooftree

noun, as in a long narrow range of hills

ridgeline

What does ridge mean?11

noun

1

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

2

a long narrow range of hills

3

a long narrow natural elevation or striation

4

any long raised strip

5

a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

6

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

verb

1

extend in ridges“The land ridges towards the South”

2

plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

3

throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides“He ridged his corn”

4

spade into alternate ridges and troughs“ridge the soil”

5

form into a ridge

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with ridge?2

one syllable

bridgefridge
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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