Ravine
21ravine — [15] Ravine and the now seldom encountered rapine ‘plunder’ [15] are essentially the same word. Both come ultimately from Latin rapīna ‘plunder’, a derivative of rapere ‘seize by force’ (from which English gets rape, rapid, rapture, ravenous,… …
22ravine — Raven Rav en, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also {ravin}, and {ravine}.] [1913 Webster] Benjamin shall raven as a wolf. Gen. xlix. 27. [1913 Webster] …
23Ravine — Ravin Rav in, Ravine Rav ine, v. t. & i. See {Raven}, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster] …
24RAVINE — n. f. Petit ravin. Avant d’arriver à ce village, il faut passer une ravine …
25ravine — ra|vine [rəˈvi:n] n [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: violent rushing, ravine , from Latin rapina; RAPINE] a deep narrow valley with steep sides = ↑gorge …
26ravine — ra|vine [ rə vin ] noun count a very deep narrow valley with steep sides: Houses were swept into the ravine when the hurricane struck …
27ravine — noun (C) a deep narrow valley with steep sides: 21 killed as bus swerves into ravine …
28ravine — noun the ravine that runs along Hubble Hollow Road Syn: gorge, canyon, gully, couloir; chasm, abyss, gulf, gulch, coulee …
29ravine — /rəˈvin / (say ruh veen) noun a long, deep, narrow valley, especially one worn by water. {French: torrent of water, ravine} …
30ravine — Kahawai, awaawa, awāwa, ōpaka, a alu, alu, pū ali; ♦ deep ravine, kūhohō. ♦ Many ravines, ōlapalapa …