ridge

US: /ˈɹɪdʒ/
UK: /ɹˈɪd‍ʒ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


ridge /ridʤ/
  • danh từ
    • chóp, chỏm, ngọn, đỉnh (núi); nóc (nhà); sống (mũi)
    • dây (đồi, gò)
    • lằn gợn (trên cát)
    • luống (đất)
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tiền
    • ngoại động từ
      • vun (đất) thành luống
      • trồng (cây) thành luống
      • làm có lằn gợn (trên cát)
      • nội động từ
        • thành luống nhấp nhô
        • nổi sóng nhấp nhô (biển); gợn lên

      Advanced English dictionary


      noun, verb
      + noun
      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
      Compare: TROUGH
      + verb [VN] [usually passive] to make narrow raised lines or areas on the surface of sth

      Thesaurus dictionary


      n.
      crest, line, strip, top edge, arête:
      The mountain ridge was partly obscured by clouds.

      Concise English dictionary


      ridges|ridged|ridgingrɪdʒ
      noun
      +a long narrow natural elevation or striation
      +any long raised strip
      +a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean
      +a long narrow range of hills
      +any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane
      +a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters
      verb
      +extend in ridges
      +plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip
      +throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides
      +spade into alternate ridges and troughs
      +form into a ridge