ridge
n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation
2: any long raised strip
3: a long narrow range of hills
4: a beam laid along the ridge of a roof; provides attachment
for upper end of rafters [syn: {ridgepole}, {rooftree}]
v 1: extend in ridges: "The land ridges towards the South"
2: plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an
unploughed strip
3: through soil toward (a crop row) from both sides: "He ridged
his corn"
4: spade into alternate ridges and troughs, of soil
5: form into a ridge