1
: an elevated body part or structure
2
a
: a range of hills or mountains
b
: an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom
3
: an elongate crest or a linear series of crests
4
: a raised strip (as of plowed ground)
5
: the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof
Examples of ridge in a Sentence
Noun
We hiked along the ridge.
the ridges on the sole of a boot
the ridge of a roof
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Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
That includes a camera button on the top edge near the hinge, and a touch-sensitive control strip identified by a thin ridge on the outside surface.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Kevin Williams, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2025
During August and early September the wave-like upper atmospheric pattern was centered with a trough of low pressure over the United States and high-pressure ridging along the East Coast.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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Noun
On a hike along the Aletch Glacier—the longest and, in my opinion, most beautiful in Europe-–I stood over an ant-sized family with two young children crossing where the glacier runs a mile-wide and the ice rises so high, you could get lost between ridges.
—Anna Fiorentino, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
That includes a camera button on the top edge near the hinge, and a touch-sensitive control strip identified by a thin ridge on the outside surface.
—PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
For example, while the friction ridges on fingers and palms are unique to each individual, the skin on the forearm does not possess the same detailed, permanent, and individualized ridge patterns.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 13 Sep. 2025
During August and early September the wave-like upper atmospheric pattern was centered with a trough of low pressure over the United States and high-pressure ridging along the East Coast.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Ridge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ridge. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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ridge
noun
: a raised or elevated part and especially a body part: as
a
: the projecting or elevated part of the back along the line of the backbone
b
: an elevated body part projecting from a surface
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