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: a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water
Synonyms
Example Sentences
he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing
Recent Examples on the Web Sixteen people were killed three weeks ago when a minibus drove into a ravine in the Junin province, the outlet reported. 
Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Remnants of that past can be found throughout, from the stone foundation of a men’s pavilion to staircases that lead down to a ravine in what was the women’s grove (both labeled by small signs). Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Centuries before Egyptians erected the Giza pyramids and around the time the wheel was invented, a spindly sapling took root in a ravine in what is now southern Chile. Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 28 June 2022 On Monday, police said a person died after falling from a ravine in the north of Quito; the death was related to the protests. CNN, 23 June 2022 Researchers in Chile, however, recently identified a new challenger to the world’s oldest tree from the depths of a ravine in Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park. Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Then, on Wednesday, authorities found Jeremy, Johanna, and Adalicia dead in a vehicle near a ravine in Williamson County, WSMV reported. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022 Samling’s body was recovered five months after his death at the base of a ravine so steep that national park authorities needed to rig a makeshift lowering system from nylon ropes to safely reach the body. Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022 At the bottom of the ravine ran Jacobs Chopping Brook. Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 See More
Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 23 Aug. 2022 Remnants of that past can be found throughout, from the stone foundation of a men’s pavilion to staircases that lead down to a ravine in what was the women’s grove (both labeled by small signs). Chelsey Lewis, Journal Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022 Centuries before Egyptians erected the Giza pyramids and around the time the wheel was invented, a spindly sapling took root in a ravine in what is now southern Chile. Aylin Woodward, WSJ, 28 June 2022 On Monday, police said a person died after falling from a ravine in the north of Quito; the death was related to the protests. CNN, 23 June 2022 Researchers in Chile, however, recently identified a new challenger to the world’s oldest tree from the depths of a ravine in Chile’s Alerce Costero National Park. Felicia Alvarez, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2022 Then, on Wednesday, authorities found Jeremy, Johanna, and Adalicia dead in a vehicle near a ravine in Williamson County, WSMV reported. Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022 Samling’s body was recovered five months after his death at the base of a ravine so steep that national park authorities needed to rig a makeshift lowering system from nylon ropes to safely reach the body. Ben Ayers, Outside Online, 27 July 2022 At the bottom of the ravine ran Jacobs Chopping Brook. Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 27 June 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French, "torrrent of water, gully formed by running water," going back to Middle French, "torrent of water," derivative of raviner "to run quickly, flow forcefully (of blood, water)," derivative of Old French ravine "violent force, momentum," going back to Latin rapīna "forcible carrying off of property, seizure and carrying off of a woman" — more at rapine
Note: See note at ravin.
First Known Use
1687, in the meaning defined above
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