All 7 Uses
ravine
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Flags of Our Fathers
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- Hitching a ride there by jumping on a boxcar in the ravine.†
Chpt 2. *ravine = deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
- I drove until the four-lane highway crossed a meandering ravine about fifteen yards wide.†
Chpt 2.
- A sign marked the ravine.†
Chpt 2.
- The terrain—rocky plateaus abutting on steep cliffs, shallow ravines; "like hell with the fire out" in the words of one correspondent—offered the usual absence of cover.†
Chpt 13.
- Seven hundred yards inland, on a front that ranged from two hundred to five hundred yards wide, the regiment was caught in a harsh landscape of outcroppings and ravines.†
Chpt 13.
- Their objectives were a series of low, stony ridges cut through with shallow ravines, filled with piles of rubble.†
Chpt 13.
- At dusk the boys scuttled into shell holes or ravines for shelter.†
Chpt 13.
Definitions:
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(1)
(ravine) a deep, narrow, steep-sided gorge or valley -- especially one formed by running water
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In archaic literature, ravined may be used to mean ravenous.