ridge definition

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
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
7. extend in ridges
• examples: The land ridges towards the South
8. plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
9. throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
• examples: He ridged his corn
10. spade into alternate ridges and troughs
• examples: ridge the soil
11. form into a ridge