ravining

/ˈrævɪnɪŋ/
adjective
  1. Forming or resembling a ravine; deeply cut or eroded.
    • After the flood, the ravining path cut through the farmland.
    • The ravining canyon walls were steep and dangerous.
    • They hiked along the ravining edge of the gorge.
Synonyms
verb
  1. Present participle of ravine: to form or cut into a ravine (rare; usually used in geology or descriptive writing).
    • The river is ravining the soft rock over centuries.
    • Erosion is ravining the coastline more each year.
    • Water was ravining the hillside after the storm.
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