Rising vs Ridge - What's the difference?
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rebellion
The act of something that rises.
(US, dated) A dough and yeast mixture which is allowed to ferment.
going up
(US, slang, dated) More than; exceeding; upwards of.
(lb) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
:(Hudibras)
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
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*:It was not far from the house; but the ground sank into a depression there, and the ridge of it behind shut out everything except just the roof of the tallest hayrick. As one sat on the sward behind the elm, with the back turned on the rick and nothing in front but the tall elms and the oaks in the other hedge, it was quite easy to fancy it the verge of the prairie with the backwoods close by.
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
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, chapter=26, title= (lb) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
:(Stocqueler)
A chain of mountains.
*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)
*:the frozen ridges of the Alps
A chain of hills.
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
(lb) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
To form into a ridge
To extend in ridges
As verbs the difference between rising and ridge
is that rising is present participle of lang=en while ridge is to form into a ridge.As nouns the difference between rising and ridge
is that rising is rebellion while ridge is the back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.As an adjective rising
is going up.As a preposition rising
is more than; exceeding; upwards of.As a proper noun Ridge is
{{surname|from=Middle English}} after a natural landscape feature.rising
English
Verb
(head)Noun
(en noun)- the risings and fallings of a thermometer
- salt rising'''; milk '''rising
Adjective
(-)Preposition
(English prepositions)- a horse rising six years of age
Anagrams
*ridge
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Alternative forms
* (l) (dialectal)Noun
(wikipedia ridge) (en noun)The Dust of Conflict, passage=Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.}}