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ravine

[ ruh-veen ]

noun

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


ravine

/ rəˈviːn /

noun

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


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Other Words From

  • ra·viney adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravine1

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French: torrent, Old French: a violent rushing; raven 2

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ravine1

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

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Example Sentences

Whose fault was it anyways that truck three got stuck in the ravine?

We got our trucks stuck in flooded ravine beds, almost losing one to swiftly rising waters.

The remains of her body were found in a ravine almost a year later.

The bones told a different story: she was executed along with five or six men in a ravine near Vlasenica.

Hasan says he's heard the ravine was used as a garbage dump by the locals for years; few remains have survived.

The cantonment was split into two sections by an irregular ravine, or nullah, running east and west.

Fully two miles away, on the south side of the ravine, were the sepoy lines, and another group of isolated bungalows.

Just at that moment the trail dipped into a rocky ravine and climbed a steep bank on the opposite side.

There was no water in the ravine, but the rocks were jagged and sharp, and they had to use much care to save their tires.

In two places the ravine became so narrow, that the bed of the stream occupied its whole extent.

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