

Definition of Ridge


  2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys.
  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.
  4. 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.
  5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
  7. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
  8. To wrinkle.

Ridge Quotations

Abraham Lincoln

Daniel Boone

Fridtjof Nansen

My father-in-law has ear hair like a wolverine. It fans out from the auricles, wafting from the ridge lines like cilia, like gray feathered plumage.
Rosecrans Baldwin

I've been exploring different options for when I'm done skiing. I have the Turtle Ridge Foundation, which is helping a bunch of worthy causes around the Northeast. I've also started SkiSpace, which is an online social network that basically deals with all things based around any snow sport.
Bode Miller
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Ridge Translations

ridge in Latin is iugum, promontorium

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