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Definition of ravine : 1. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
2. A torrent of water.
3. Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven.
4. See Raven, v. t. & i.

Synonyms:

pass, col, arroyo, dell, dale, crevasse, flume, coulee, glen, defile, couloir, saddle, gulch, linn, gulley, box canyon, gorge, valley, gill, kloof, basin, canyon

gulf, interval, abyss, break, crevice, breach, gap, crack, chasm, rift, cleft, slit, space, notch

channel, rut, ditch, slot, trough, canal, corrugation, gully, incision, trench, groove, flute, gutter, cut, dado, furrow

Usage examples:

• She has named it the Ravine of Happiness." - "Jewel A Chapter In Her Life", Clara Louise Burnham.
• He passed down the ravine until he reached a point where the sides were not so high. - "The Hunters of the Ozark", Edward S. Ellis.
• I went quietly forward in the edge of the woods until I stood near the ravine, and examined it as well as I could for the darkness. - "Who Goes There?", Blackwood Ketcham Benson.