Ridge

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ridge \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.
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              Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back
              Of chafed wild boars.                 --Milton.
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     2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
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     3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ridge \Ridge\ (r[i^]j), 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.
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     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.
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              Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct.
                                                    --Milton.
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     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.
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     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.
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     5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from
        the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ridge
       n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation
       2: any long raised strip
       3: a long narrow range of hills
       4: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or
          membrane
       5: a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
          for upper end of rafters [syn: {ridgepole}, {rooftree}]
       v 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

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  160 Moby Thesaurus words for "ridge":
     acme, apex, apogee, arete, back, bean, bilge, blain, bleb, blister,
     blob, boss, bow, brow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch,
     burl, button, cahot, cap, chase, chine, climax, cloud nine, clump,
     cocker, cockle, col, comb, condyle, convex, corrugate, corrugation,
     crankle, crease, crest, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crown, crumple,
     culmen, culmination, dome, dorsal region, dorsum, dowel, ear, edge,
     emboss, esker, extreme limit, extremity, flange, flap, fold,
     furrow, gall, gnarl, handle, head, headpiece, heaven, heavens,
     height, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, hill, hogback,
     horseback, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, kame, knit, knob, knot, knur,
     knurl, limit, line, lip, loin, loop, lump, maximum, meridian, mole,
     mountain, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, nevus, no place higher,
     noddle, noggin, noodle, noon, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, pate,
     peak, peg, pinnacle, pitch, plica, point, pole, poll, pucker,
     purse, raise, rib, rimple, ring, ripple, rivel, ruck, ruckle,
     rumple, saddle, saddleback, sconce, seventh heaven, shirr,
     shoulder, sky, spine, spire, strip, stud, style, summit, tab, tip,
     tip-top, top, tubercle, tubercule, upmost, upper extremity,
     uppermost, utmost, verruca, vertex, very top, vesicle, wale, wart,
     welt, wimple, wrinkle, zenith
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ridge, MD
    Zip code(s): 20680
  Ridge, NY (CDP, FIPS 61665)
    Location: 40.91018 N, 72.88205 W
    Population (1990): 11734 (5349 housing units)
    Area: 34.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 11961
  Ridge, VA
    Zip code(s): 23233

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ridge, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
     Population (2000):    13380
     Housing Units (2000): 5922
     Land area (2000):     13.465679 sq. miles (34.875946 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.093631 sq. miles (0.242504 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    13.559310 sq. miles (35.118450 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            61665
     Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
     Location:             40.907128 N, 72.882909 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     11961
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ridge, NY
      Ridge