ridge en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- rĭj (UK, US)
- /ɹɪd͡ʒ/ (UK, US)
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Scots rig (“back, spine, ridge”), North Frisian reg (“back”), West Frisian rêch (“back”), Dutch rug (“back, ridge”), German Rücken (“back, ridge”), Swedish rygg (“back, spine, ridge”), Icelandic hryggur (“spine”). Cognate to Albanian kërrus (“to bend one's back”) and kurriz (“back”).
Meanings
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The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
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[…]
1677 (indicated as 1678), [Samuel Butler], “[The Third Part of Hudibras]. Canto I.”, in Hudibras. The Third and Last Part. […], London: […] Robert Horne, […], published 1679, →OCLC; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, pages 237–238:
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Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The plough threw up ridges of earth between the furrows.
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The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
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.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
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The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
Among the domestic animals which may generally be seen in native houses, are gaudy parrots, green, red, and blue, a few domestic fowls, which have baskets hung for them to lay in under the eaves, and who sleep on the ridge, and several half-starved wolfish-looking dogs.
1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 258: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.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 26, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
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The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
the British Guards lie down behind a ridge to avoid the shot and shell from the opposite heights
1853-1855, Joachim Hayward Stocqueler, The Life of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington:
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A chain of mountains.
[…]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.
1595 December 9 (first known performance), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Richard the Second”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 62–66:
- A chain of hills.
- A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
- An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
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(qualifier:camping) A long tentpole that holds up the ceiling of a tent and is in turn held up by uprights.
Coordinate term: upright
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rig | alternative, dialectal | lexicographic | |
| ridges | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
microridge · ridgeband · Ridgelands · Big Ridge · barrier ridge · Woodridge · ridgeboard · Botanic Ridge · Sandy Ridges · Ocean Ridge · Maple Ridge · Ridge · teethridge · ridgehand · Park Ridge South · Main Ridge · ridgy · Peats Ridge · Acacia Ridge · Ridgefield · McLeans Ridges · bone ridge · Tumbler Ridge · ridgeline · ridgeside · Heathridge · Stone Ridge · Kelly Ridge · Blue Ridge · Tallowwood Ridge · ridge plough · Spring Ridge · Sand Ridge · Acalanes Ridge · Cato Ridge · Greenridge · beach ridge · ridgelet · ridgeless · Oak Ridge · Wheat Ridge · ridgetop · unridged · ridgerope · Porcupine Ridge · rigid · Blaxlands Ridge · ridge turret · Bracken Ridge · Balmoral Ridge · Pound Ridge · Oakridge · Gilletts Ridge · ridge-runner · mid-ocean ridge · Kellyville Ridge · orbital ridge · interridge · nanoridge · Forest Ridge · ridgehead · Wyandot Ridge · ridge pole · ridgepole · enridge · ridge harrow · Bushells Ridge · Postmans Ridge · Glen Ridge · Redding Ridge · Limestone Ridges · Pine Ridge · Warrah Ridge · Baxters Ridge · Cedar Ridge · Ridgeway · Walnut Ridge · trail ridge scrub grasshopper · Wood-Ridge · ridgebone · Wattle Ridge · upridge · sandridge · ridgeplate · The Ridgeway · Carters Ridge · round-ridge · ridge tent · Pineridge · Bora Ridge · Grand Ridge · oblique ridge · Barden Ridge · pressure ridge · Ridge Manor · mid-oceanic ridge · brow ridge · Cream Ridge · Alpine Ridge · Park Ridge · Bald Ridge · ridgelike · Ridgehaven · Middle Ridge · runridge · ridge vent · Sandridge · alveolar ridge · Lockridge · ridgeling · ridge beam · Butchers Ridge · Redridge · apical ectodermal ridge · ridge rope · ridgeway · ridgeback · Mission Ridge · Basking Ridge · Pliocene Ridge · Lightning Ridge · ridge road · Ridgewood · ridge push · Silverbark Ridge · ridge course · ridge tile · Shelly Ridge · combing ridge · Gap Ridge · ridgewalking · ridgepiece · ridgewise · Silver Ridge
Translations (161)
fi selkä (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · cmn 洋脊 (elevation on ocean bottom) · ja 大棟 (highest point on a roof) · ota صرت (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · cs hřeben (chain of hills) · hi कटक (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · mi tūtūātanga (chain of hills) · et seljandik (chain of hills) · nl heuvelkam (chain of hills) · de First (highest point on a roof) · nl heuvelrug (chain of hills) · pt aresta (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pt cordilheira (chain of mountains) · sv rygg (elevation on ocean bottom) · no møne (highest point on a roof) · pl pasmo (chain of hills) · zza koyani (chain of mountains) · it catena (chain of mountains) · sh hrbat (highest point on a roof) · zza serni (highest point on a roof) · fi keskiselänne (elevation on ocean bottom) · bg било (highest point on a roof) · cmn 山脊 (chain of hills) · sv bergsrygg (chain of mountains) · ro creastă (chain of mountains) · gl cume (highest point on a roof) · it colmo (highest point on a roof) · pdt Launtrigjen (chain of hills) · ru го́рная цепь (chain of mountains) · pl grzbiet (elevation on ocean bottom) · ar سلسلة جبال (chain of hills) · sv ås (chain of hills) · tr zirve (highest point on a roof) · ru го́рный хребе́т (chain of mountains) · pt dorsal oceânica (elevation on ocean bottom) · mi taukahiwi (chain of hills) · es arista (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · mi tūtūātanga (chain of mountains) · ru го́рная цепь (chain of hills) · gl encorgada (chain of mountains) · izh kukkula (highest point on a roof) · hu hegyhát (chain of mountains) · cmn 山脊 (chain of mountains) · lv kore (highest point on a roof) · cmn 屋脊 (highest point on a roof) · ro creastă (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · cmn 垄 (projecting line or strip) · sv nock (highest point on a roof) · grc δειράς (chain of hills) · eo firsto (highest point on a roof) · mk пла́нинска ве́рига (chain of mountains) · it dorsale (elevation on ocean bottom) · hi डाँग (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pt serra (chain of hills) · fr faîte (highest point on a roof) · nb åskam (chain of hills) · pl kalenica (highest point on a roof) · it cresta (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ru хребе́т (chain of mountains) · ga droim (chain of hills) · eo altaĵaro (chain of hills) · nl bergkam (chain of mountains) · no åsrygg (chain of mountains) · tr dağ silsilesi (chain of mountains) · cmn 脊 (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ca carena (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · zza gedug (diq) (chain of hills) · fi harja (highest point on a roof) · es sierra (chain of mountains) · ms rabung (chain of mountains) · no rygg (elevation on ocean bottom) · ru хребе́т (elevation on ocean bottom) · es cordillera (chain of mountains) · sl greben (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ms rabung (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · sv takås (highest point on a roof) · mk ве́рига (chain of mountains) · cs oceánský hřbet (elevation on ocean bottom) · hu orom (highest point on a roof) · tl palupo (highest point on a roof) · nl zeerug (elevation on ocean bottom) · fi vuorijono (chain of mountains) · nl bergrug (chain of mountains) · gd mullach (highest point on a roof) · fi selkä (chain of hills) · no åsrygg (chain of hills) · it costone (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · cs hřeben (chain of mountains) · sv rygg (chain of mountains) · hu hegygerinc (chain of mountains) · pt espinhaço (chain of mountains) · mi kaka (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · gl fial (chain of mountains) · ga droim (chain of mountains) · bg хребет (elevation on ocean bottom) · tr sırt (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ca serra (chain of hills) · de Grat (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pl grzbiet (chain of mountains) · it crinale (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ga iomaire (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pt cumeeira (highest point on a roof) · ca serralada (chain of mountains) · mk би́ло (highest point on a roof) · fi harjanne (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · sv taknock (highest point on a roof) · bg хребет (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pt serro (chain of mountains) · sq kreshtë (chain of mountains) · ru гре́бень (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · cmn 背脊 (projecting part of the back) · es dorsal oceánica (elevation on ocean bottom) · fr dorsale (elevation on ocean bottom) · tl palupuhan (highest point on a roof) · ru океани́ческий хребе́т (elevation on ocean bottom) · pt serro (chain of hills) · fa گریوه (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · gl aspra (chain of mountains) · sv ås (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · es cumbrera (highest point on a roof) · bg планинска верига (chain of mountains) · fr crête (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pt serra (chain of mountains) · nl nok (highest point on a roof) · es caballete (highest point on a roof) · mi tuahiwi (chain of hills) · nn åskam (chain of hills) · zza sud (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · fr crête (chain of mountains) · fo ryggur (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ru конёк (highest point on a roof) · gl aresta (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · ru гребень (highest point on a roof) · ga mullach (highest point on a roof) · mi miki (chain of hills) · mi taupae (chain of hills) · tr doruk (highest point on a roof) · ltg čukurs (highest point on a roof) · gl serra (chain of mountains) · no rygg (chain of mountains) · rup creastã (chain of mountains) · es cresta (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · hu hegylánc (chain of mountains) · mi tuatua (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · de Bergkette (chain of mountains) · hu gerinc (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · mi hiwi (chain of hills) · hu oromzat (highest point on a roof) · pt cresta (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · gl serra (chain of hills) · gl cordal (chain of mountains) · fi katonharja (highest point on a roof) · ms rabung (highest point on a roof) · et seljak (chain of hills) · es dorsal (elevation on ocean bottom) · pl szczyt (highest point on a roof) · mi kahiwi (chain of hills) · scn crista (line along which two sloping surfaces meet) · pdt Launtrigjen (chain of mountains) · ru го́рный хребе́т (chain of hills) · no rygg (chain of hills)