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rɪdʒ n. & v. --n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge of a roof). 2 a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 3 any narrow elevation across a surface. 4 Meteorol. an elongated region of high barometric pressure. 5 Agriculture a raised strip of arable land, usu. one of a set separated by furrows. 6 Hort. a raised hotbed for melons etc. --v. 1 tr. mark with ridges. 2 tr. Agriculture break up (land) into ridges. 3 tr. Hort. plant (cucumbers etc.) in ridges. 4 tr. & intr. gather into ridges. øridge-piece (or -tree) a beam along the ridge of a roof. ridge-pole 1 the horizontal pole of a long tent. 2 = ridge-piece. ridge-tile a tile used in making a roof-ridge. øøridgy adj. [OE hrycg f. Gmc]

rɪdʒ n. & v. --n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge of a roof). 2 a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 3 any narrow elevation across a surface. 4 Meteorol. an elongated region of high barometric pressure. 5 Agriculture a raised strip of arable land, usu. one of a set separated by furrows. 6 Hort. a raised hotbed for melons etc. --v. 1 tr. mark with ridges. 2 tr. Agriculture break up (land) into ridges. 3 tr. Hort. plant (cucumbers etc.) in ridges. 4 tr. & intr. gather into ridges. øridge-piece (or -tree) a beam along the ridge of a roof. ridge-pole 1 the horizontal pole of a long tent. 2 = ridge-piece. ridge-tile a tile used in making a roof-ridge. øøridgy adj. [OE hrycg f. Gmc]

rɪdʒ n. crest, line, strip, top edge, aréte: The mountain ridge was partly obscured by clouds.

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Ridge \Ridge\ (r[i^]j), n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. r["U]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.] 1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras. [1913 Webster] 2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. ``The frozen ridges of the Alps.'' --Shak. [1913 Webster] Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc. [1913 Webster] 4. (Arch.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault. [1913 Webster] 5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler. [1913 Webster]

Ridge \Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridging}.] 1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. [1913 Webster] Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land. [1913 Webster] 3. To wrinkle. ``With a forehead ridged.'' --Cowper. [1913 Webster]

biographical name Tom 1945- United States secretary of homeland security (2003- )

I. noun Etymology: Middle English rigge, from Old English hrycg; akin to Old High German hrukki ridge, back Date: before 12th century 1. an elevated body part or structure 2. a. a range of hills or mountains b. an elongate elevation on an ocean bottom 3. an elongate crest or a linear series of crests 4. a raised strip (as of plowed ground) 5. the line of intersection at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof • ridged adjective II. verb (ridged; ridging) Date: 1523 transitive verb to form into a ridge intransitive verb to extend in ridges

n. & v. --n. 1 the line of the junction of two surfaces sloping upwards towards each other (the ridge of a roof). 2 a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed. 3 any narrow elevation across a surface. 4 Meteorol. an elongated region of high barometric pressure. 5 Agriculture a raised strip of arable land, usu. one of a set separated by furrows. 6 Hort. a raised hotbed for melons etc. --v. 1 tr. mark with ridges. 2 tr. Agriculture break up (land) into ridges. 3 tr. Hort. plant (cucumbers etc.) in ridges. 4 tr. & intr. gather into ridges. Phrases and idioms: ridge-piece (or -tree) a beam along the ridge of a roof. ridge-pole 1 the horizontal pole of a long tent. 2 = ridge-piece. ridge-tile a tile used in making a roof-ridge. Derivatives: ridgy adj. Etymology: OE hrycg f. Gmc

n. Extended elevation, long crest or summit.

Ridge \Ridge\, n. [OE. rigge the back, AS. hrycg; akin to D. rug, G. r["U]cken, OHG. rucki, hrukki, Icel. hryggr, Sw. rugg, Dan. ryg. [root]16.] 1. The back, or top of the back; a crest. --Hudibras. 2. A range of hills or mountains, or the upper part of such a range; any extended elevation between valleys. ``The frozen ridges of the Alps.'' --Shak. Part rise crystal wall, or ridge direct. --Milton. 3. A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc. 4. (Arch.) The intersection of two surface forming a salient angle, especially the angle at the top between the opposite slopes or sides of a roof or a vault. 5. (Fort.) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way. --Stocqueler.

Ridge \Ridge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ridged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ridging}.] 1. To form a ridge of; to furnish with a ridge or ridges; to make into a ridge or ridges. Bristles ranged like those that ridge the back Of chafed wild boars. --Milton. 2. To form into ridges with the plow, as land. 3. To wrinkle. ``With a forehead ridged.'' --Cowper.

(n.) The back, or top of the back; a crest.

ridge n 1: a long narrow natural elevation or striation 2: any long raised strip 3: a long narrow range of hills 4: any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane 5: 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

mɔk v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for. 2 tr. mimic contemptuously. 3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. ømake mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. øømockable adj. mockingly adv. [ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc]

mɔk v., adj., & n. --v. 1 a tr. ridicule; scoff at. b intr. (foll. by at) act with scorn or contempt for. 2 tr. mimic contemptuously. 3 tr. jeer, defy, or delude contemptuously. --attrib.adj. sham, imitation (esp. without intention to deceive); pretended (a mock battle; mock cream). --n. 1 a thing deserving scorn. 2 (in pl.) colloq. mock examinations. ømake mock (or a mock) of ridicule. mock-heroic adj. (of a literary style) burlesquing a heroic style. --n. such a style. mock moon paraselene. mock orange a white-flowered heavy-scented shrub, Philadelphus coronarius. mock sun parhelion. mock turtle soup soup made from a calf's head etc. to resemble turtle soup. mock-up an experimental model or replica of a proposed structure etc. øømockable adj. mockingly adv. [ME mokke, mocque f. OF mo(c)quer deride f. Rmc]

mɔk v. 1 deride, ridicule, make fun of, tease, taunt, tantalize, jeer (at), gibe (at), thumb one's nose at, chaff, laugh at, poke fun at, make sport of, guy, scorn, flout, abuse, defy, scoff (at), sneer (at), disdain, disparage, decry, Archaic fleer (at), Colloq rag, rib, kid, put (someone) on, Brit take the mickey out of, cock a snook at: He was taken in for questioning only because he mocked a police officer. Jealousy is the green-eyed monster that mocks the meat it feeds on. 2 ape, mimic, imitate, caricature, lampoon, satirize, parody, burlesque, travesty, Colloq spoof, take off, Brit send up: The political cartoonist mocks governments daily on the pillory of his pen. --adj. 3 substitute, artificial, simulated, fake, synthetic, imitation, false, forged, ersatz, sham, feigned, counterfeit, fraudulent, bogus, make-believe, pretend, Colloq phoney or US also phony, pseudo: By means of a mock car accident they demonstrated how to rescue victims. Mock turtle soup, though good, does not taste like real turtle soup.

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Mock \Mock\, v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner. [1913 Webster] When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed? --Job xi. 3. [1913 Webster] She had mocked at his proposal. --Froude. [1913 Webster]

Mock \Mock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mocked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mocking}.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.] 1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry. [1913 Webster] To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Mocking marriage with a dame of France. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride. [1913 Webster] Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud. --1 Kings xviii. 27. [1913 Webster] Let not ambition mock their useful toil. --Gray. [1913 Webster] 3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as, to mock expectation. [1913 Webster] Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. --Judg. xvi. 13. [1913 Webster] He will not . . . Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Syn: To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See {Deride}. [1913 Webster]

Mock \Mock\, n. 1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer. [1913 Webster] Fools make a mock at sin. --Prov. xiv. 9. [1913 Webster] 2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] --Crashaw. [1913 Webster]