Ridge

Noun

 * 1) The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
 * 2) Highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
 * 3) A chain of mountains.
 * 4) A chain of hills.
 * 5) A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
 * 6)  A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.

Derived terms

 * combing ridge
 * ridge course

Verb

 * 1)  To form into a ridge
 * 2)  To extend in ridges

Adjectives for Ridge
cruciform; melancholy; woody; parallel; hummocky; hog-backed; wind-swept; barren; perpendicular; tremendous; mountain; formidable; lofty; precipitous; loosened; ice; craggy; gentle; encircling; shaggy; commanding; uncultivated; sunken; extended; crowned; hillocky.

Verbs for Ridge
climb to—; dance on—; discern—; dread—; drive to—; dwarf—; form—; fortify—; quit—; —beams; —caps; —chains; —crests; —elevates; —rises; —runs; —stretches; — tempts.

Thesaurus
acme, apex, apogee, arete, back, bean, bilge, blain, bleb, blister, blob, boss, bow, brow, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, cap, chase, chine, climax, cloud nine, clump, cocker, cockle, col, comb, condyle, convex, corrugate, corrugation, crankle, crease, crest, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crown, crumple, culmen, culmination, dome, dorsal region, dorsum, dowel, ear, edge, emboss, esker, extreme limit, extremity, flange, flap, fold, furrow, gall, gnarl, handle, head, headpiece, heaven, heavens, height, high noon, highest pitch, highest point, hill, hogback, horseback, hump, hunch, jog, joggle, kame, knit, knob, knot, knur, knurl, limit, line, lip, loin, loop, lump, maximum, meridian, mole, mountain, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, nevus, no place higher, noddle, noggin, noodle, noon, nub, nubbin, nubble, papilloma, pate, peak, peg, pinnacle, pitch, plica, point, pole, poll, pucker, purse, raise, rib, rimple, ring, ripple, rivel, ruck, ruckle, rumple, saddle, saddleback, sconce, seventh heaven, shirr, shoulder, sky, spine, spire, strip, stud, style, summit, tab, tip, tip-top, top, tubercle, tubercule, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, utmost, verruca, vertex, very top, vesicle, wale, wart, welt, wimple, wrinkle, zenith

Etymology
From rigge, from  hrycg 'creature's back',

Noun

 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Grat
 * Italian:
 * Sicilian: crista


 * Portuguese: aresta
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: cresta,
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
 * French:
 * Japanese: 大棟 (おおむね, ōmune)


 * Norwegian: møne
 * Portuguese: cumeeira
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: bergkam, bergrug
 * Finnish:
 * German:


 * Norwegian: rygg, åsrygg
 * Portuguese: espinhaço
 * Portuguese: serro
 * Russian: горный хребет, горная цепь, хребет
 * Swedish: bergsrygg, rygg


 * Czech:
 * Dutch: heuvelkam
 * Finnish: kukkulajono


 * Norwegian: rygg, åsrygg
 * Portuguese: serro
 * Russian: горный хребет, горная цепь
 * Swedish:


 * Czech: oceánský hřbet
 * Dutch: zeerug
 * Finnish:


 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: dorsal oceânica
 * Russian: океанический хребет, хребет
 * Swedish:


 * : First (1); (Berg)Rücken  (3)
 * : kresto
 * : crinale (1)
 * : 줄기 (julgi)
 * : కనుమ (kanuma)

Related terms

 * Rhodesian Ridgeback

Anagrams

 * dirge
 * gride