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ridge
has definitions from the fields of geography,agriculture,zoology
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[ noun ] (geography) a long narrow natural elevation or striation
Used in print (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)Warren thought_of all the men out that night who , like himself , had left their protective ridge and - fear working at their guts - picked their way into the area beyond . (Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)I aim to keep a_little whisky still back in the ridge for my pleasure '' . Kate had no idea what they were talking of , although she had seen the blue lights and strange fires burning and winking on the ridges at night , had heard horsemen on the River_Road and hill trails through the nights till dawn . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)At two thirty he sent Fujimoto to the top of the wall at the northeast corner of the mission to keep_an_eye_on the ridge road and give a signal when he first glimpsed the approach of Kayabashi 's party . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)But the shelter is as_much a part of my landscape as the beech and horse-chestnut trees that grow on the ridge . Related terms natural_elevation bank dune ledge reef esker ripple_mark bar |
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[ noun ] (geography) a long narrow range of hills
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[ noun ] any long raised strip
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[ verb ] form into a ridge
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[ verb ] spade into alternate ridges and troughs, of soil
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[ verb ] through soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
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[ noun ] (zoology) any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6295
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[ noun ] a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment for upper end of rafters
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