1. A long narrow upper section or crest: the ridge of a wave.2. A long narrow chain of hills or mountains. Also called ridgeline. 3. A long narrow elevation on the ocean floor. 4.Meteorology An elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure. Also called wedge. 5. A long narrow, or crested part of the body: the ridge of the nose.6. The horizontal line formed by the juncture of two sloping planes, especially the line formed by the surfaces at the top of a roof. 7. A narrow, raised strip, as in cloth or on plowed ground.
VERB:
Inflected forms: ridged, ridg·ing, ridg·es
TRANSITIVE VERB:
To mark with, form into, or provide with ridges.
INTRANSITIVE VERB:
To form ridges.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg. See sker-2 in Appendix I.
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