ridge

1. 1.

   extend in ridges

   “The land ridges towards the South”

   Broadercover
2. 2.

   plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

   Broaderplow

   farming

3. 3.

   throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

   “He ridged his corn”

   Broaderthrow
4. 4.

   spade into alternate ridges and troughs

   “ridge the soil”

   Broaderspade
5. 5.

   form into a ridge

   Broadershape

Other forms of ridge

plural

ridges·

past tense

ridged·

present participle

ridging·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ridge

What does ridge mean?

ridge means "a long narrow natural elevation or striation". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ridge?

ridge has 1 syllable: ridge. In IPA it is /ˈɹɪdʒ/.

What is another word for ridge?

Close synonyms include ridgeline, ridgepole, rooftree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ridge a common word?

ridge is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.