ridge

Words with a similar base: ridge, ridgeline, ridgepole

'ridge'

[ridge.n.01] as in: a long narrow natural elevation or striation

'ridge'

[ridge.n.02] as in: any long raised strip

'ridge'

[ridge.n.03] as in: a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

'ridge'

[ridge.n.04] as in: a long narrow range of hills

'ridge'

[ridge.n.05] as in: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

'ridge'

[ridge.n.06] as in: 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

'ridge'

[ridge.v.01] as in: extend in ridges

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Examples:
The land ridges towards the South

'ridge'

[ridge.v.02] as in: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

'ridge'

[ridge.v.03] as in: throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

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Examples:
He ridged his corn

'ridge'

[ridge.v.04] as in: spade into alternate ridges and troughs

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Examples:
ridge the soil

'ridge'

[ridge.v.05] as in: form into a ridge