Ridge

Definitions

1. A village in Hertsmere district, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom.
   countable, uncountable
2. The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
3. A toponymic surname from Middle English, named after the natural feature.
   countable, uncountable
4. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
5. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   countable, uncountable
6. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
7. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
8. The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
9. A chain of mountains.
10. A chain of hills.
11. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
12. An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.

Equivalents

36 more languages

العربيةخطريجسلسلة جبالصهوةمتن+ 2 more

Българскиби́лохре́бет

Bosanskiašasgrebenhrbatkakakoreliepnoćsedloseljakslemesljemeбиловеригаседлослемесљемехрбат+ 15 more

Catalàcarenaserraserralada

Češtinahřbethřebenvýběžek

Ελληνικάακρώρειακορυφήράχη

Esperantoaltaĵarofirsto

Eestiseljak

Suomiharjaharjannekatonharjakeskiselännekuurnakynnysselänneselkävuorijono+ 6 more

Gaeilgedroimiomairemullach

Gàidhligdruimfaobhariomairmullachsreang+ 2 more

Galegoarestacordalcristacumecumialcumieiracumiofiallombalombomárdeariscoserrasomasuco+ 12 more

עבריתרכס

हिन्दीकटकडाँगमुँडेर

Hrvatskiasašgrebenhrbatkakakoreliepnoćsedloseljakslemesljemeбиловеригаседлослемесљемехрбат+ 15 more

Magyargerinchegygerinchegyláncörömoromzat+ 2 more

Italianocatenacolmocostonecrestacrinaledorsale+ 3 more

日本語大棟峠峰手向け畔稜線長根阿+ 5 more

한국어능선두덩산등성이이랑줄기+ 2 more

Kurdîaşcumekorenokzîrve+ 2 more

Latinapromunturiumscamnumskinaumerus+ 1 more

Latviešukore

Te Reo Māorikakatuahiwi

Македонскибиловерига

Nederlandsbergkambergrugheuvelkamheuvelrugnokzeerug+ 3 more

Polskifalcgrzbietkalenicapasmopręgaskibaszczytsztorc+ 5 more

Portuguêsarestacordilheiracrestacumeeiradorsal oceânicaespinhaçoserraSerro+ 5 more

Românăcreastă

Русскийго́рная цепьго́рный хребе́тгребеньконёкокеани́ческий хребе́тхребе́т+ 3 more

Slovenščinagreben

Shqipkreshtë

Српскиašasgrebenhrbatkakakoreliepnoćsedloseljakslemesljemeбиловеригаседлослемесљемехрбат+ 15 more

Svenskaasbergsrygghögtrycksryggnockryggtakåstaknock+ 4 more

TürkçeDoruksırtzirve

Українськагребіньхребет

Tiếng Việtliếpnóc

Examples

“He thought it was no time to ſtay, / And let⟳ the Night too ſteal away, / But in a trice advanced the Knight, / Upon the Bare Ridge, Bolt upright, / And groping out for Ralpho’s Jade, / He found the Saddle too was ſtraid[…]”

“The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.”

“mountain ridge”

“It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut⟳ out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick.”

“Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take⟳ the risk⟳ of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last⟳ the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see⟳ it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.”

“the British Guards lie⟳ down behind a ridge to avoid⟳ the shot and shell from the opposite heights”

“[…]Which to maintaine, I would allow⟳ him oddes, / And meete him, were I tide to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote.”

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