English Explanatory Dictionary

ridge

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
  2. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
  3. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
  4. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
  5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
  6. A chain of mountains.
  7. A chain of hills.
  8. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
  9. An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
verb
  1. To form into a ridge.
  2. To extend in ridges.
name
  1. A village in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
  2. A toponymic surname from Middle English, named after the natural feature.
  3. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Pronunciation

rĭj /ɹɪd͡ʒ/ en-us-ridge.ogg

Word forms

ridge ridges rig ridging ridged

Etymology

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spine, ridge, elevated surface”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrugi, from Proto-Germanic *hrugjaz (“back”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krewk-, *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).

Antonyms

groove trough

Related words

Rhodesian Ridgeback crest

Derived words

Acacia Ridge Acalanes Ridge Alpine Ridge alveolar ridge apical ectodermal ridge Bald Ridge Balmoral Ridge Barden Ridge barrier ridge Basking Ridge Baxters Ridge beach ridge Big Ridge Blaxlands Ridge Blue Ridge bone ridge Bora Ridge Botanic Ridge Bracken Ridge brow ridge Bushells Ridge Butchers Ridge Carters Ridge Cato Ridge Cedar Ridge combing ridge enridge Forest Ridge Gap Ridge Gilletts Ridge Glen Ridge Grand Ridge Greenridge Heathridge interridge Kelly Ridge Kellyville Ridge Lightning Ridge Limestone Ridges Lockridge Main Ridge Maple Ridge McLeans Ridges microridge Middle Ridge mid-oceanic ridge mid-ocean ridge Mission Ridge nanoridge Oak Ridge Oakridge oblique ridge orbital ridge Park Ridge Park Ridge South Peats Ridge Pineridge Pine Ridge Pliocene Ridge Porcupine Ridge

Translations

German: Riedel
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