Both Uses
ravine
in
The Road, by McCarthy
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- That night they camped in a ravine and built a fire against a small stone bluff and ate their last tin of food.†
*ravine = deep, narrow, steep-sided valley
- In the morning they came up out of the ravine and took to the road again.†
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.