Meaning

10 senses
  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.

    The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.

  3. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.

    mountain ridge

    Grat

    гре́беньgrébenʹ

    a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters

  4. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.

    First

    конёкkonjók, гребеньgrebenʹ

  5. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.

  6. A chain of mountains.

    Bergkette

    го́рный хребе́тgórnyj xrebét, го́рная цепьgórnaja cepʹ, хребе́тxrebét

  7. A chain of hills.

    го́рный хребе́тgórnyj xrebét, го́рная цепьgórnaja cepʹ

    a long narrow range of hills

  8. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.

    океани́ческий хребе́тokeaníčeskij xrebét, хребе́тxrebét

    a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

  9. An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.

  10. A long tentpole that holds up the ceiling of a tent and is in turn held up by uprights.

    Coordinate term: upright

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Is this the bus for Park Ridge?

    ruЭтот автобус идёт до Парка Ридж? — Biga

    deIst das der Bus nach Park Ridge? — Manfredo

  2. He drove from ridge to ridge.

  3. The hiker was stranded on the ridge.

  4. Beyond the ridge, there was a farm.

  5. Dmitri was on top of the ridge.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 4
line along which two sloping surfaces meet:
highest point on a roof:
chain of mountains:
elevation on ocean bottom:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
line along which two sloping surfaces meet:
highest point on a roof:
chain of mountains:

Origin

From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spi

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”).

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Forms

plural: ridges

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters:ridgepolerooftree
  • a long narrow range of hills:ridgeline

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

53 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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