ridge
ridge is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 7 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton.
- 2.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.
- 3.(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.
- 4.(Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Stocqueler.
- 5.To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. Milton.
- 6.To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
- 7.To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." Cowper.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- anatomy
- and
- angustation
- bone
- breadth
- closeness
- coarctation
- constriction
- contraction
- deposition
- emaciation
- exiguity
- exility
- filament
- ghat
- ghaut
- hourglass
- isthmus
- lantern
- line
- little
- macilency
- marcor
- mere
- middle
- narrowing
- narrowness
- neck
- paper
- pass
- ravine
- shadow
- shaving
- skeleton
- skin
- slip
- spindleshanks
- streak
- stricture
- strip
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is ridge.
- What is 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. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. Milton called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is the highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. Stocqueler called?
- What is to form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. Milton called?
- What is to form into ridges with the plow, as land called?
- What is to wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." Cowper called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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