ridge
suomi-englanti sanakirjaridge englannista suomeksi
keskiselänne, selänne
malka
lapioida harjanteeksi
kukkulajono
harja
lapioida
aurata
louhia harjanteeksi
harjanne
jatkua harjanteena
Substantiivi
Verbi
ridge englanniksi
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
1663–1678, Samuel Butler, ''(w)'', part III, canto I, pages 91–92:
- He though it was no time to ſtay, / And let the Night too ſteal away, / But in a trice advanced the Knight, / Upon the Bare Ridge, Bolt upright, / And groping out for Ralpho’s Jade, / He found the Saddle too was ſtraid(..)
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
(antonyms)
(ux)
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
(RQ:Jefferies Amateur Poacher)
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
{{quote-book|en|year=1907|author=Edward Bindloss|Harold Bindloss
The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
1853-1855, (w) , ''The Life of Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington''
- the British Guards lie down behind a ridge to avoid the shot and shell from the opposite heights
A chain of mountains.
(circa) (w), ''II (play)|Richard II'', I, scene i, lines 62–66:
- (..)Which to maintaine, I would allow him oddes, / And meete him, were I tide to runne afoote, / Euen to the frozen ridges of the Alpes, / Or any other ground inhabitable, / Where euer Engliſhman durſt ſet his foote.
A chain of hills.
An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
(antonyms)
To form into a ridge
To extend in ridges