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RAVINE
ravine
(noun) a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
ravine (plural ravines)
A deep narrow valley or gorge in the earth's surface worn by running water.
Etymology 2
Noun
ravine (plural ravines)
(archaic) Alternative form of raven (“rapine, rapacity; prey, plunder”)
Anagrams
• Averni, Erivan, naiver, naïver, vainer
Source: Wiktionary
Rav"in, Ravine, n. Etym: [See 2d Raven.]
Definition: Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." Chaucer. Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. Tennyson.
Rav"in, Rav"ine, v. t. & i.
Definition: See Raven, v. t. & i.
Ra*vine", n. Etym: [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L. rapina rapine. See Ravish, and cf. Rapine, Raven prey.]
1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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