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RIDGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

ridge; ridgepole; rooftree

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

beam (long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction)

Holonyms ("ridge" is a part of...):

gable roof; saddle roof; saddleback; saddleback roof (a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

appendage; outgrowth; process (a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

superciliary arch; superciliary ridge; supraorbital ridge; supraorbital torus (a ridge on the frontal bone above the eye socket)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A long narrow natural elevation or striation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

elevation; natural elevation (a raised or elevated geological formation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

bank (a long ridge or pile)

bar (a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore)

dune; sand dune (a ridge of sand created by the wind; found in deserts or near lakes and oceans)

esker ((geology) a long winding ridge of post glacial gravel and other sediment; deposited by meltwater from glaciers or ice sheets)

ledge; shelf (a projecting ridge on a mountain or submerged under water)

reef (a submerged ridge of rock or coral near the surface of the water)

ripple mark (one of a series of small ridges produced in sand by water currents or by wind)

Derivation:

ridge (extend in ridges)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A long narrow range of hills

Synonyms:

ridge; ridgeline

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

arete (a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains)

hogback; horseback (a narrow ridge of hills)

Derivation:

ridge (extend in ridges)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

formation; geological formation ((geology) the geological features of the earth)

Instance hyponyms:

Mid-Atlantic Ridge (a very long narrow elevation on the ocean floor that runs all the way from Iceland in the North Atlantic to Bouvet Island in the South Atlantic)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Any long raised strip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("ridge" is a kind of...):

convex shape; convexity (a shape that curves or bulges outward)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ridge"):

raphe; rhaphe (a ridge that forms a seam between two parts)

corrugation (a ridge on a corrugated surface)

Derivation:

ridge (form into a ridge)

ridge (spade into alternate ridges and troughs)

ridge (throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides)

ridge (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Form into a ridge

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

form; shape (give shape or form to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Spade into alternate ridges and troughs

Example:

ridge the soil

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

spade (dig (up) with a spade)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

Example:

He ridged his corn

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

plough; plow; turn (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow)

Domain category:

agriculture; farming; husbandry (the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

ridge (any long raised strip)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Extend in ridges

Example:

The land ridges towards the South

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "ridge" is one way to...):

continue; cover; extend (span an interval of distance, space or time)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

ridge (a long narrow natural elevation or striation)

ridge (a long narrow range of hills)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe between the superior and middle temporal sulci.

(Middle Temporal Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)

A gyrus or ridge on the outer surface of the temporal lobe below the middle sulcus.

(Inferior Temporal Gyrus, NCI Thesaurus)

Lambart and her colleagues wanted to find out what the mantle looks like before it erupts in lava at a mid-ocean ridge.

(Earth's mantle looks like a painting, National Science Foundation)

The primary objective was to collect geological samples on the ridge in order to determine whether these have the same composition as samples that have previously been collected near Necker Island.

(Deep Discoverer Discovers a Very Deep, Ghostlike Octopod, NOAA)

It is fairly spherical, has a ridge along its equator and at least one large crater.

(Biggest Asteroid Ever Detected Flies Past Earth, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Titan's tallest peak is 10,948 feet (3,337 meters) high and is found within a trio of mountainous ridges called the Mithrim Montes.

(Cassini Spies Titan's Tallest Peaks, NASA)

A projection or projecting structure, or ridge, especially one surmounting a bone or its border.

(Crest, NCI Thesaurus)

The glacier has been coming unstuck from a ridge in the bedrock at a steady rate of about 0.4 to 0.5 miles (0.6 to 0.8 kilometers) a year since 1992.

(Huge Cavity in Antarctic Glacier Signals Rapid Decay, NASA)

"This parlour is not his sphere," I reflected: the Himalayan ridge or Caffre bush, even the plague-cursed Guinea Coast swamp would suit him better.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A congenital gingival tumor that occurs along the alveolar ridge of the maxilla.

(Congenital Epulis, NCI Thesaurus)