'Ravine' definitions:
Definition of 'ravine'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water)
Definition of 'Ravine'
From: GCIDE
- Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\ (r[a^]v"'n), n. [See 2d Raven.] Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. "Fowls of ravyne." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Though Nature, red in tooth and claw With ravine, shrieked against his creed. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Ravin
Definition of 'Ravine'
From: GCIDE
- Ravin \Rav"in\, Ravine \Rav"ine\, v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ravine'
From: GCIDE
- Ravine \Ra*vine"\ (r[.a]*v[=e]n"), n. [F., a place excavated by a torrent, a ravine, fr. ravir to snatch or tear away, L. rapere; cf. L. rapina rapine. See Ravish, and cf. Rapine, Raven prey.]
- 1. A torrent of water. [Obs.] --Cotgrave. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ravine'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'ravine'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'ravine'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abysm,
- abyss,
- arroyo,
- bottom,
- bottom glade,
- bottoms,
- box canyon,
- breach,
- break,
- canyon,
- cavity,
- chap,
- chasm,
- check,
- chimney,
- chink,
- cleft,
- cleuch,
- clough,
- clove,
- col,
- coulee,
- couloir,
- crack,
- cranny,
- crevasse,
- crevice,
- cut,
- cwm,
- dale,
- defile,
- dell,
- dike,
- dingle,
- ditch,
- donga,
- draw,
- excavation,
- fault,
- fissure,
- flaw,
- flume,
- fracture,
- furrow,
- gap,
- gape,
- gash,
- gill,
- glen,
- gorge,
- groove,
- grove,
- gulch,
- gulf,
- gully,
- gutter,
- hole,
- incision,
- intervale,
- joint,
- kloof,
- leak,
- linn,
- lunar rill,
- moat,
- notch,
- nullah,
- opening,
- pass,
- passage,
- rent,
- rift,
- rime,
- rupture,
- scissure,
- seam,
- slit,
- slot,
- split,
- strath,
- trench,
- trough,
- vale,
- valley,
- void,
- wadi,
- wash
Ravine, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ravine, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
629
Housing Units (2000) :
281
Land area (2000) :
1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.075791 sq. miles (2.786286 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63536
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.567729 N, 76.392063 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.