Thesaurus: ravine

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1. n. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
2. v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.
3. n. A torrent of water.
4. n. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
5. n. a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
6. 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. See Raven, v. t. & i. 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.
7. n:100 n. a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)