1. subst. A tuft, or other natural ornament, growing on an animal's head, for example the comb of a cockerel, the swelling on the head of a snake, the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc.
2. subst. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on or displayed on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet.
3. subst. (heraldry) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually on a helmet above it, sometimes (as for clerics) separately above the shield or separately as a mark for plate, in letterheads, and the like
4. subst. The upper curve of a horse's neck.
5. subst. The ridge or top of a wave.
6. subst. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.
7. subst. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.
8. subst. The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.
9. subst. The top line of a slope or embankment.
10. subst. (anatomy) A ridge along the surface of a bone.
11. subst. (informal) A design or logo, especially one of an institution, association or high-class family.
12. subst. Any of several birds in the family Regulidae, including the goldcrests and firecrests.
13. v. Particularly with reference to waves, to reach a peak.
14. v. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.
15. v. To mark with lines or streaks like waving plumes.
comb
comb
1. subst. A toothed implement for grooming the hair or (formerly) for keeping it in place.
2. subst. A machine used in separating choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
3. subst. A fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles; crest.
4. subst. A structure of hexagon cells made by bees for storing honey; honeycomb.
5. subst. An old English measure of corn equal to the half quarter.
6. subst. The top part of a gun’s stock.
7. subst. The toothed plate at the top and bottom of an escalator that prevents objects getting trapped between the moving stairs and fixed landings.
8. subst. (music) The main body of a harmonica containing the air chambers and to which the reed plates are attached.
9. subst. A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening soft fibre.
10. subst. A toothed tool used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
11. subst. The notched scale of a wire micrometer.
12. subst. The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb.
13. subst. One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen in scorpions.
14. subst. The curling crest of a wave; a comber.
15. subst. A toothed plate used for creating wells in agar gels for electrophoresis.
16. subst. (weaving) A toothed wooden pick used to push the weft thread tightly against the previous pass of thread to create a tight weave.
17. subst. (algebraic geometry) A connected and reduced curve with irreducible components consisting of a smooth subcurve (called the handle) and one or more additional irreducible components (called teeth) that
18. v. (transitive, especially of hair or fur) To groom with a toothed implement; chiefly with a comb.
I need to comb my hair before we leave the house
19. v. To separate choice cotton fibers from worsted cloth fibers.
20. v. To search thoroughly as if raking over an area with a comb.
Police combed the field for evidence after the assault
21. v. (nautical, intransitive) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.
22. subst. (abbreviation) Combination.
23. subst. alternative form of combe
Ridge
1. [1] englischer männlicher Vorname
2. Substantiv:
3. [1] der Bergrücken
4. [2] der Bergzug, der Gebirgskamm, die Hügelkette
5. [3] der Dachfirst
6. [4] der Firstbalken
7. [5] der Hochdruckausläufer
8. [6] der Wall
9. [7] der Meeresrücken
10. [8] allgemein: die Linie, die sich zwischen zwei kreuzenden Flächen bildet, der Grat
ridge
1. subst. (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
2. subst. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
3. subst. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
4. subst. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
5. subst. (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
6. subst. A chain of mountains.
7. subst. A chain of hills.
8. subst. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
9. subst. (meteorology) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
