Especially in place names: a hill or mountain, particularly one with a sharp peak or summit.
A large haycock (“conical stack of hay left in a field to dry before adding to a haystack”).
Any carnivorous freshwater fish of the genus Esox, especially the northern pike, Esox lucius.
A very long spear used two-handed by infantry soldiers for thrusting (not throwing), both for attacks on enemy foot soldiers and as a countermeasure against cavalry assaults.
A sharp, pointed staff or implement.
A position with the knees straight and a tight bend at the hips with the torso folded over the legs, usually part of a jack-knife.
A gypsy, itinerant tramp, or traveller from any ethnic background; a pikey.
To equip with a turnpike.
To assume a pike position.
Often followed by on or out: to quit or back out of a promise.
To prod, attack, or injure someone with a pike.
To bet or gamble with only small amounts of money.
A chain of mountains.
A chain of hills.
The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
An elongated region of high atmospheric pressure.
The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
To form into a ridge
To extend in ridges