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Antonyms for ravine

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ruh-veen
Phonetic Transcription : rəˈvin

Definition of ravine

Origin :
  • 1760, "deep gorge," from French ravin "a gully" (1680s, from Old French raviner "to pillage, sweep down, cascade"), and from French ravine "violent rush of water, gully worn by a torrent," from Old French ravine "violent rush of water, waterfall; avalanche; robbery, rapine," both ultimately from Latin rapina "act of robbery, plundering" (see rapine); sense influenced by Latin rapidus "rapid." Middle English ravine meant "booty, plunder, robbery" from c.1350-1500. Cf. ravening.
  • noun gap in earth's surface
Example sentences :
  • Andrew walked squarely out into the middle of the ravine and waited.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He mastered it, and galloped with a heavy heart up the ravine and to the house of Pop.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Taking his horse, he and Andrew rode at a walk up the ravine.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • Without waiting to plan, I began to climb down the steep side of the ravine.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • We left our ponies in the ravine and wriggled through the long grass.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • I had eaten all the brush in the ravine and was beginning to be lonely.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • He rushed to the hole, but he could see nothing in the ravine.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But as dusk came gradually in the ravine he resolved that he would go.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • But there was a ravine before the village, and he slipped and fell down in the middle of it.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • There is such a ravine here that if we once get in it we shan't get out again.
  • Extract from : « Master and Man » by Leo Tolstoy

Synonyms for ravine

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