The Meaning of ridge

• (n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest.
• (n.) A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
• (v. t.) To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges.
• (v. t.) To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
• (v. t.) To wrinkle.

Synonyms

ridgeline , ridgepole , rooftree

Rhymes

abridge , akridge , asbridge , attridge , breckenridge , bridge , drawbridge , eldridge , estridge , ethridge , fidge , fridge , mcbridge , midge , miscavige , oxbridge , pepperidge , strawbridge , woodbridge