ridge /ˈrɪʤ/
  脊,山脊,山脈
  ridge /ˈrɪʤ/ 名詞
  脊,背,波峰,隆起線,壟,埂,分水嶺,起皺
  ridge
  嶺
  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.
  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.”
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  Ridge n.
  1. The back, or top of the back; a crest.
  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.”
     Part rise in 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.
  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