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valley
[ val-ee ]
noun
plural valleys.
- an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
- any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
- a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
- any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like:
the valley of despair.
- Architecture. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
- the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
valley
/ ˈæɪ /
noun
- a long depression in the land surface, usually containing a river, formed by erosion or by movements in the earth's crust
- the broad area drained by a single river system
the Thames valley
- any elongated depression resembling a valley
- the junction of a roof slope with another or with a wall
- modifier relating to or proceeding by way of a valley
a valley railway
valley
- A long, narrow region of low land between ranges of mountains, hills, or other high areas, often having a river or stream running along the bottom. Valleys are most commonly formed through the erosion of land by rivers or glaciers. They also form where large regions of land are lowered because of geological faults.
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Other Word Forms
- l· adjective
- t·l noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of valley1
1250–1300; Middle English valeie, valey < Old French valee, equivalent to val vale ( def ) + -ee < Latin -ٲ, feminine of -ٳܲ -ate 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of valley1
C13: from Old French valee, from Latin vallis
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County valleys are forecast to see highs back into the 70s.
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The victims weren't soldiers or officials, but civilians on holiday in one of India's most picturesque valleys.
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Bernthal has lived in the small, formerly sleepy valley town for 10 years with his wife, Erin, and their three children.
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The valley has never had a professional soccer team.
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“They’re establishing themselves down in the valleys, where the summer cattle graze.”
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