Ridge - Definition

n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2: any long raised strip
3: a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
4: a long narrow range of hills [syn: ridge, ridgeline]
5: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or
membrane
6: 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 [syn: ridge, ridgepole, rooftree]
v 1: extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"
2: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an
unploughed strip
3: throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged
his corn"
4: spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"
5: form into a ridge