| Noun | 1. | ridge - a long narrow natural elevation or striationbank - a long ridge or pile; "a huge bank of earth" bar - a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" 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 | |
| 2. | ridge - any long raised stripraphe, rhaphe - a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | |
| 3. | ridge - a long narrow range of hillsarete - a sharp narrow ridge found in rugged mountains | |
| 4. | ridge - any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membraneappendage, outgrowth, process - a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant; "a bony process" | |
| 5. | ridge - a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of raftersbeam - long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | |
| Verb | 1. | ridge - extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"cover, extend - span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres" | |
| 2. | ridge - plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed stripplow, plough, turn - to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring" | |
| 3. | ridge - throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn"throw - project through the air; "throw a frisbee" | |
| 4. | ridge - spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"spade - dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds" | |
| 5. | ridge - form into a ridgeshape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough" | |