Ridge \Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ridged; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Ridging.]
   1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to
      make into a ridge or ridges.
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            Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back
            Of chafed wild boars.                 --Milton.
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   2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
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   3. To wrinkle. "With a forehead ridged." --Cowper.
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	Ridge \Ridge\ (r[i^]j), n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin
   to D. rug, G. r["u]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr,
   Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.]
   1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras.
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   2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a
      range; any extended elevation between valleys. "The frozen
      ridges of the Alps." --Shak.
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            Part rise in crystal wall, or ridge direct.
                                                  --Milton.
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   3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow
      or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface
      of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
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   4. (Arch.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient
      angle, especially the angle at the top between the
      opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault.
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   5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from
      the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.
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	ridge
     n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation
     2: any long raised strip
     3: a long narrow range of hills
     4: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or
        membrane
     5: a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
        for upper end of rafters [syn: ridgepole, rooftree]
     v 1: extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South"
     2: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an
        unploughed strip
     3: throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged
        his corn"
     4: spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil"
     5: form into a ridge

	

	160 Moby Thesaurus words for "ridge":
   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

	

	Ridge, MD
  Zip code(s): 20680
Ridge, NY (CDP, FIPS 61665)
  Location: 40.91018 N, 72.88205 W
  Population (1990): 11734 (5349 housing units)
  Area: 34.2 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 11961
Ridge, VA
  Zip code(s): 23233

	

	Ridge, NY -- U.S. Census Designated Place in New York
   Population (2000):    13380
   Housing Units (2000): 5922
   Land area (2000):     13.465679 sq. miles (34.875946 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.093631 sq. miles (0.242504 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    13.559310 sq. miles (35.118450 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            61665
   Located within:       New York (NY), FIPS 36
   Location:             40.907128 N, 72.882909 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     11961
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Ridge, NY
    Ridge