[val-ee] 
| 1. | an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. 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. | any 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. | the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion. |
| 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. |