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# ridge

noun (a ridge, ridges)

«ridge» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A long, narrow, high strip of land along the top of hills or mountains. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#m1)
2. A raised line on a surface: the ridges on a coin's edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#m2)
3. The top edge where two sloping parts of a roof meet. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#m3)
4. (weather) A long area of high air pressure. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#m4)

### In the lessons

In geography lessons, mountain ridges and ridge walks. In science, fingerprints have ridges. In everyday life, ridges on a crisp or a coin. Phrases: mountain ridge, ridge of high pressure.

### Examples

- We walked along the ridge and saw both valleys. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x1)
- The roof's ridge was covered in moss. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x2)
- Your fingerprints have tiny ridges. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x3)
- Ridged crisps hold more dip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x4)
- A ridge of high pressure brought sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x5)
- The coin has ridges round its edge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x6)
- Once they wandered a long way into the forest, and even ventured together to climb the high ridge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: ridged. Sounds like «fridge» without f.

## In Jewish tradition

In the Psalm it means the raised strip of plowed ground between furrows, which God waters with rain.

**Interpretation.** Tradition reads this psalm as praise for God who sends rain and gives the harvest.

### Examples

- Watering her ridges abundantly, settling down the furrows thereof, Thou makest her soft with showers; Thou blessest the growth thereof. (Writings PSA.65.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ridge/#x1)

### Note

Countable. Adjective: ridged. Sounds like «fridge» without f.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ridge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/ridge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ridge» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ridge.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «ridge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ridge/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ridge» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/ridge.html) on Mova free.