Definition of Ravining

1. ravin [v] - See also: ravin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ravining

raviers
ravigote
ravigotes
ravigotte
ravigottes
ravin
ravine
ravined
ravinement
ravinements
ravines
raving
raving mad
ravingly
ravings
ravining (current term)
ravins
ravioli
ravioli code
raviolini
raviolis
raviolo
ravish
ravished
ravisher
ravishers
ravishes
ravishing
ravishingly

Literary usage of Ravining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin by Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology (1908)
"A peculiar feature is seen in the ravining of the sides of the main trough by several small streams from gulches between the truncated spurs to a greater ..."

2. The Indian Forester (1879)
"... forming steep but regular slopes, in which forest alone can regulate the discharge of water and prevent its deeply ravining the soil: limestones more ..."

3. The Indian Forester (1877)
"The value of vegetation in aiding engineering works is quite beyond dispute. At Simla some of the worst cases of ravining (eg the great ravine beyond the ..."

4. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"... the mass to its present form, various details regarding the dissection of the crest, the steepness of the upper slopes, and the ravining of the flanks, ..."

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