n.
- A long, narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave.
- A long, narrow chain of hills or mountains. Also called ridgeline.
- A long, narrow elevation on the ocean floor.
- Meteorology. An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure. Also called wedge.
- A long, narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose.
- The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof.
- A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
v., ridged, ridg·ing, ridg·es. v.tr.
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.
v.intr.
To form ridges.
[Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg.]
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