ridge
The back of any animalThe back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
» Is this the bus for Park Ridge?
Ist das der Bus nach Park Ridge?
Этот автобус идёт до Парка Ридж?
Meaning
10 sensesThe back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
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
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
The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
A chain of mountains.
Bergkette
го́рный хребе́тgórnyj xrebét, го́рная цепьgórnaja cepʹ, хребе́тxrebét
A chain of hills.
го́рный хребе́тgórnyj xrebét, го́рная цепьgórnaja cepʹ
a long narrow range of hills
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
океани́ческий хребе́тokeaníčeskij xrebét, хребе́тxrebét
a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
A long tentpole that holds up the ceiling of a tent and is in turn held up by uprights.
Coordinate term: upright
Examples
29 sentencesIs this the bus for Park Ridge?
ruЭтот автобус идёт до Парка Ридж? — Biga
deIst das der Bus nach Park Ridge? — Manfredo
He drove from ridge to ridge.
The hiker was stranded on the ridge.
Beyond the ridge, there was a farm.
Dmitri was on top of the ridge.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rigge, rygge, (also rig, ryg, rug), from Old English hryċġ (“back, spiFrom 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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