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noun, plural -leys.
1.
an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
2.
an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
3.
any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
4.
a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
5.
EXPANDany place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.
6.
Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
7.
COLLAPSEthe lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English valeie, valey < Old French valee, equivalent to val vale1 + -ee < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1
1250–1300; Middle English valeie, valey < Old French valee, equivalent to val vale1 + -ee < Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1
Related forms
val·ley·like, adjective
in·ter·val·ley, noun
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Word Origin & History
valley
late 13c., from Anglo-Norman valey, O.Fr. valee "a valley," from V.L. *vallata, from L. vallis "valley," of unknown origin. Valley Girl (in ref. to San Fernando Valley of California) was poularized 1982 in song by Frank Zappa and his daughter.
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valley  (vāl'ē) Pronunciation Key
A long, narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains, hills, or other high areas, often having a river or stream running along the bottom. Valleys are most commonly formed through the erosion of land by rivers or glaciers. They also form where large regions of land are lowered because of geological faults. |
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