ravine
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5.8
- noun
- /rəˈviːn/
:
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- The journey ahead will be a multi day trek across a forested region with pockets of open prairies, ravines and hills.
- a steep ravine
- a narrow ravine
- a deep ravine
So what they do is to ram his car down a ravine on purpose.
- So what they do is to ram his car down a ravine on purpose.
- And we get to the end of the river ravine.
- And meanwhile I'm all like fogged up night vision and overlooking this ravine and I can't see Jack.
Examples
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Most of the wreckage was scattered in a narrow ravine cut across the flat space by a small stream.
Academic text (2002) -
A depression lay ahead, a continuation of the ravine they had been following.
Fiction book (1992) -
The lot is basically a ravine for water to flow through heavy, heavy rain.
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"You could see the depth of the ravine now.
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He lives in the ravine here.
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There's a ravine leading straight up.
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He was standing on the edge of a ravine.
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We went hiking around the trailhead, and I slipped and fell into a ravine.
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Shade envelops the ravine as the sun sinks toward the horizon.
Academic text (2011) -
We went hiking around the trailhead, and I slipped and fell into a ravine.
Synonyms
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1.0
A low area of land between hills or mountains often with a river running through it
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2.5
A deep, narrow valley with very steep sides often made by a river
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5.3
A deep narrow valley with steep rocky sides, often with a river
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9.5
A narrow valley with steep sides and a small stream
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9.9
A long low area of land between hills or mountains with a river running through it
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7.9
A shallow valley or gully where water may flow
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9.9
A deep narrow valley that is often dry and made by water or lava
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9.5
A deep narrow valley with steep sides and a stream running through it
A deep narrow valley with very steep sides
A steep narrow valley that is usually dry but fills with water in heavy rain
A steep narrow valley or gully that leads down to the sea
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Etymology
Ravine comes from French words that mean 'to tear away' or 'take away', and it shares the same root as ravage. So a ravine is like a place where water has 'torn away' the earth, leaving a deep, narrow valley.