— valleylike , adj.
/val"ee/ , n. , pl. valleys .
1. an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, esp. one following the course of a stream.
2. an extensive, more or less flat, and relatively low region drained by a great river system.
3. any depression or hollow resembling a valley.
4. a low point or interval in any process, representation, or situation.
5. any place, period, or situation that is filled with fear, gloom, foreboding, or the like: the valley of despair.
6. Archit. a depression or angle formed by the meeting of two inclined sides of a roof.
7. the lower phase of a horizontal wave motion.
[ 1250-1300; ME valeie, valey valee, equiv. to val VALE 1 + -ee -ata, fem. of -atus -ATE 1 ]