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Ridge (Verb)

Spade into alternate ridges and troughs; "ridge the soil".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Ridge the dirt carefully to ensure proper water drainage for the plants.
She gently ridged the soil around each seedling to create an aerated space.
The farmer instructed his workers to ridge the field with a garden spade.
After marking the rows, the gardener began to ridge the beds with his shovel.
The instruction manual advised the homeowner to ridge the soil under the sod before planting the lawn.

Extend in ridges; "The land ridges towards the South".

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

The range of mountains ridges out as far as the eye can see.
The landscape slowly ridges towards the eastern coast of the country.
Its geology is unique as it ridges down into three massive valleys below.
This valley is almost directly below where the mountain ridges into several small peaks.
These gentle hills ridge towards the far horizon gradually.

Throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides; "He ridged his corn".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

He made sure to ridge his potatoes to cover the newly planted tubers thoroughly.
The farmer carefully ridged his carrots to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
She spent the entire morning ridging her beetroot to optimize growth conditions.
To protect the seeds from birds and enhance growth, he decided to ridge his sunflowers.
By ridging her peas, she was able to improve soil temperature and drainage for her plants.

Form into a ridge.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The soil was plowed in such a way that it formed into a ridge to prevent erosion.
The hair on the back of his neck began to ridge as he sensed someone's presence.
The chef carefully shaped the pastry to ridge the crust of the pie.
The fabric would ridge if it was ironed too long on one spot.
The skin would ridge and become hard if exposed to the cold for too long.

Plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip.

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.

To ridge a field, plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip.
Ridge the field in such a way that water doesn't collect on the surface.
By ridging the land, the farmer was able to create raised beds for planting.
The old plough was used to slowly ridge the field over several days.
Carefully ridge the ground to ensure proper drainage in the new garden beds.