valley (redirected from valleyed)

val·ley  (vl)

n. pl. val·leys

1. An elongated lowland between ranges of mountains, hills, or other uplands, often having a river or stream running along the bottom.

2. An extensive area of land drained or irrigated by a river system.

3. A depression or hollow resembling or suggesting a valley, as the point at which the two slopes of a roof meet.

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[Middle English valey, from Old French valee, from Vulgar Latin *vallta, from Latin valls; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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valleyed adj.

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valley

Noun

a long stretch of land between hills, often with a river flowing through it [Latin vallis]

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valley  (vl)

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river vale dale - an open river valley (in a hilly area) glen - a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) holler, hollow - a small valley between mountains; "he built himself a cabin in a hollow high up in the Appalachians" natural depression, depression - a sunken or depressed geological formation nullah - a ravine or gully in southern Asia ravine - a deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water) rift valley - a valley with steep sides; formed by a rift in the earth's crust

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valley

noun hollow, dale, glen, vale, depression, dell, dingle, strath Scot. cwm (Welsh) coomb

Translations

valley [ˈvælɪ] n → valle m

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valley [ˈvælɪ] n → vallée f

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valley [ˈvælɪ] n → Tal nt

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valley [ˈvælɪ] n → valle f

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valley

n valley [ˈvӕli]

a stretch of flat, low land between hills or mountains, usually drained by a river and its tributaries a beautiful green valley between the mountains. vallei وادٍ долина údolí dal das Tal κοιλάδα valle org دره laakso vallée עֵמֶק घाटी dolina völgy lembah dalur valle, vallata 谷 골짜기, 계곡 slėnis ieleja lembah, lurah vallei dal dolina vale vale долина údolie dolina dolina dal, dalgång หุบเขา vadi (山)穀 долина, низина وادي، دامن کوہ thung lũng （山）谷