Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb ridge

5 senses of ridge

Sense 1
ridge -- (extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South")
       => cover, continue, extend -- (span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles")

Sense 2
ridge -- (plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip)
       => plow, plough, turn -- (to break and turn over earth especially with a plow; "Farmer Jones plowed his east field last week"; "turn the earth in the Spring")

Sense 3
ridge -- (throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn")
       => throw -- (propel through the air; "throw a frisbee")

Sense 4
ridge -- (spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil")
       => spade -- (dig (up) with a spade; "I spade compost into the flower beds")

Sense 5
ridge -- (form into a ridge)
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

Similarity of adj ridged

1 sense of ridged

Sense 1
ridged, carinate, carinated, keeled -- (having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal")
       Participle of verb ridge (Sense 5)
      => ridge -- (form into a ridge)
       => shape, form -- (give shape or form to; "shape the dough"; "form the young child's character")

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