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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ra·vine /rəˈvin/
 峽谷,山峽,谿谷

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rav·en, v. i. To prey with rapacity; to be greedy; to show rapacity. [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
    Benjamin shall raven as a wolf.   --Gen. xlix. 27.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rav·en n.  [Written also ravin, and ravine.]
 1. Rapine; rapacity.
 2. Prey; plunder; food obtained by violence.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rav·in, Rav·ine  n.  Food obtained by violence; plunder; prey; raven. “Fowls of ravyne.”
 Though Nature, red in tooth and claw
 With ravine, shrieked against his creed.   --Tennyson.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Rav·in, Rav·ine, v. t. & i. See Raven, v. t. & i.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ra·vine n.
 1. A torrent of water. [Obs.]
 2. A deep and narrow hollow, usually worn by a stream or torrent of water; a gorge; a mountain cleft.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 ravine
      n : a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by
          running water)