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| Main Entry: | ridge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | raised part of solid |
| Synonyms: | backbone, corrugation, crease, crinkle, elevation, fold, furrow, hill, parapet, pole, range, rib, rim, seam, spine, wrinkle, chine, esker, hogback, moraine, plica, rimple, rivel, ruck, upland |
| Antonyms: | flat, plain |
| Main Entry: | spine |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | backbone |
| Synonyms: | back, bone, ridge, spinal column, chine, rachis, vertebrae, vertebral column |
| Main Entry: | cut |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise |
| Synonyms: | amputate, behead, bisect, bite, carve, chip, chisel, cleave, clip, crop, curtail, dice, dispatch, dissect, divide, facet, fell, gash, guillotine, hack, hash, hew, intersect, lacerate, level, lop, massacre, mince, mow, nick, notch, part, penetrate, perforate, pierce, prune, puncture, quarter, raze, reap, rend, rip, saber, score, separate, shave, shear, slash, slaughter, slay, slice, slit, sliver, snip, chine, decussate, dissever, flitch, lay open, mow down, rabbet, rive, saw, scarify, scissor, scythe, sickle, skive |
| Main Entry: | crest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | topknot on head of animal |
| Synonyms: | comb, crown, feather, panache, ridge, tuft, aigrette, caruncle, chine, cockscomb, hogback, mane, plume, tassel |
| Notes: | a wave's foamy top is its crest; spray blown up from wave tops is spindrift |
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