Ravine

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raven \Rav"en\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [OF. ravine impetuosity,
     violence, F. ravine ravine. See {Ravine}, {Rapine}.] [Written
     also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
     1. Rapine; rapacity. --Ray.
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     2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Raven \Rav"en\, v. i.
     To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity.
     [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.]
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           Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.          --Gen. xlix.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [See 2d
     {Raven}.]
     Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of
     ravyne." --Chaucer.
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           Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
           With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i.
     See {Raven}, v. t. & i.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ravine \Ra*vine"\ (r[.a]*v[=e]n"), n. [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.
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     2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or
        torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ravine
       n : a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
           running water)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "ravine":
     abysm, abyss, arroyo, bottom, bottom glade, bottoms, box canyon,
     breach, break, canyon, cavity, chap, chasm, check, chimney, chink,
     cleft, cleuch, clough, clove, col, coulee, couloir, crack, cranny,
     crevasse, crevice, cut, cwm, dale, defile, dell, dike, dingle,
     ditch, donga, draw, excavation, fault, fissure, flaw, flume,
     fracture, furrow, gap, gape, gash, gill, glen, gorge, groove,
     grove, gulch, gulf, gully, gutter, hole, incision, intervale,
     joint, kloof, leak, linn, lunar rill, moat, notch, nullah, opening,
     pass, passage, rent, rift, rime, rupture, scissure, seam, slit,
     slot, split, strath, trench, trough, vale, valley, void, wadi,
     wash
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ravine, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
     Population (2000):    629
     Housing Units (2000): 281
     Land area (2000):     1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            63536
     Located within:       Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
     Location:             40.567729 N, 76.392063 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ravine, PA
      Ravine