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# ravine

«ravine» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a ravine, ravines)

### meaning for a pupil

A deep, narrow valley with steep sides, usually cut by a stream or river over a long time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In geography lessons ravines show erosion by water; in stories heroes cross ravines on rope bridges or fall into them. Phrases: «a deep ravine», «the bottom of the ravine», «cross the ravine».

### examples

- A rope bridge crossed the deep ravine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x1)
- The stream has cut a ravine through the rock over thousands of years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x2)
- The goat climbed down the side of the ravine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x3)
- Stay on the path; the ravine edge is dangerous. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x4)
- In the story, the dragon lived at the bottom of a ravine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x5)
- Ferns grew in the damp shade of the ravine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x6)
- He was soon upon the edge of the ravine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/#x7)

### note

Countable: ravine, ravines. Pronounced ruh-VEEN. Size order of valleys: gully (small), ravine (bigger), gorge or canyon (very large and deep). Not related to «raven» or «ravenous».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «ravine» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/R/ravine/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.