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.
Origin of valley
1250–1300; Middle English valeie, valey <Old French valee, equivalent to val vale + -ee <Latin -āta, feminine of -ātus -ate1
OTHER WORDS FROM valley
val·ley·like,adjectivein·ter·val·ley,noun
Words nearby valley
Valleix's point, Vallejo, Vallenar, Valles Marineris, Valletta, valley, Valley East, valley fever, Valleyfield, Valley Forge, Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
Northern Pennsylvania is a beautiful mix of foothills and valleys, and through each valley inevitably runs a myriad of branching streams in the midst of a floodplain.
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Using this tech, the utility can hone in on which peaks and valleys from backcountry mountain ranges are prone to high wind speeds.
Environment Report: State Throws Cold Water on Pricing Scheme|MacKenzie Elmer|September 14, 2020|Voice of San Diego
There’s a so-called valley of death between basic science and an actual commercial product.
Will a Covid-19 Vaccine Change the Future of Medical Research? (Ep. 430)|Stephen J. Dubner|August 27, 2020|Freakonomics
On March 18, in Srinagar, the largest city in the Himalayan region of Kashmir, a man tested positive for covid-19—the first in the valley.
How India became the world’s leader in internet shutdowns|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
This valley also makes up a critical part of the monarch’s California breeding grounds.
Pesticides contaminate most food of western U.S. monarchs|Rebecca E. Hirsch|August 17, 2020|Science News For Students
But the people from Valley Stream had such a thick New York accent that was all around me.
Coffee Talk with Fred Armisen: On ‘Portlandia,’ Meeting Obama, and Taylor Swift’s Greatness|Marlow Stern|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Our escort, Hajji Zalwar Khan, is the chief elder in charge of the valley council.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The tragedy America faced in that valley will always overshadow any other thoughts we have about the place.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As another elder in the valley put it—perhaps more succinctly—“emotions are for women.”
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We first met Hajji Zalwar Khan over tea and lunch in the Pech Valley in a house clinging to a cliff high above the valley floor.
Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley|Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The ground fell almost sheer six hundred feet to the flat bottom of the valley.
London to Ladysmith via Pretoria|Winston Spencer Churchill
The valley becomes broader, and the ice strip of the Sele-nang winds along the middle.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 1 (of 2)|Sven Hedin
You enter the mouth of a valley; the hills reach forth their arms to embrace you, and you consciously enter a new world.
The Alps|Martin Conway
In retaliation a force under General Pickens marched into their country, destroying their towns as far as Valley river.
Myths of the Cherokee|James Mooney
Tenaya Canyon enters from the east in line with the valley, looking as if it were the Valley's upper reach.
The Book of the National Parks|Robert Sterling Yard
British Dictionary definitions for valley
valley
/ (ˈvælɪ) /
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 systemthe 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 valleya valley railway
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.