From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ridge \Ridge\ (r[i^]j), noun [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.
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.
Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton.
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.
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.
5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ridge \Ridge\, verb (used with an object) [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.
Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. --Milton.
2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land.
3. To wrinkle. ''With a forehead ridged.'' --Cowper.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation
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}]
verb
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"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
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
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
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
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