ravine

[ ruh-veen ]

/ rəˈvin /

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noun

a narrow steep-sided valley commonly eroded by running water.

Nearby words

ravenous, raver, ravi, ravigote, ravin, ravine, ravined, raving, ravioli, ravish, ravishing

Origin of ravine

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French: torrent, Old French: a violent rushing; see raven²

Related forms

ra·vine·y, adjective

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The remains of her body were found in a ravine almost a year later.
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The bones told a different story: she was executed along with five or six men in a ravine near Vlasenica.
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Hasan says he's heard the ravine was used as a garbage dump by the locals for years; few remains have survived.
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The ravine inhibits the engines from tearing away, and within seconds smoke appears.
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She laid Joy down in a corner of the ravine the furthest removed from the fire; she could not have carried her another inch.
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He climbed on to a little hillock just beside the ravine in which the railway ran.
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Before they reached them, however, they encountered the ravine through which the rivulet here ran.
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It was nearly the end of May now, and the trees in the ravine were thick with all their leaves.
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The night breeze seemed to whisper this, as they rustled in the ravine below; strange voices muttered it in his ears.
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British Dictionary definitions for ravine

ravine

/ (rəˈviːn) /

noun

a deep narrow steep-sided valley, esp one formed by the action of running water

Word Origin for ravine

C15: from Old French: torrent, from Latin rapīna robbery, influenced by Latin rapidus rapid, both from rapere to snatch

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