1 a narrow area of high land along the top of a line of hills; a high pointed area near the top of a mountain:
walking along the ridge * the north-east ridge of Mount Everest * We stood on the windswept ridge and looked down at the valley below.
2 a raised line on the surface of sth; the point where two sloping surfaces join:
The ridges on the soles of my boots stopped me from slipping. * the ridge of the roof
3 [C] ~ (of high pressure) (technical) a long narrow area of high pressure in the atmosphere:
a ridge of high pressure over the Atlantic
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verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to make narrow raised lines or areas on the surface of sth
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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