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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (6)

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;
[syn: ridge, ridgeline]

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;
[syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]


VERB (5)

1. extend in ridges;
- Example: "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;
- Example: "He ridged his corn"

4. spade into alternate ridges and troughs;
- Example: "ridge the soil"

5. form into a ridge; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ridge
    n 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 [syn: ridge, ridgeline]
    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 [syn: ridge, 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