ridges

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
• plural of ridge

Verb

• extend in ridges
  • "The land ridges towards the South"
• 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
• third-person singular simple present indicative of ridge

Synonyms

ridge, ridgeline, ridgepole, rooftree