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gul·ly 1
(gŭl′ē)n. pl. gul·lies
1. A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.
2. A channel in the side of a mountain, especially one forming a path for avalanches or rockfall.
v. gul·lied, gul·ly·ing, gul·lies
v.tr.
To wear a deep ditch or channel in.
v.intr.
To form a deep ditch or channel.
[Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet, throat, channel; see gullet.]
gul·ly 2
(gŭl′ē)n. pl. gul·lies Chiefly British
A large knife.
[Short for dialectal gully knife : gully (probably alteration of Middle English golet, throat; see gullet) + knife.]
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gully
(ˈɡʌlɪ) orgulley
n, pl -lies or -leys
1. (Physical Geography) a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater
2. (Physical Geography) NZ a small bush-clad valley
3. (Mountaineering) a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree
4. (Cricket) cricket
a. a fielding position between the slips and point
b. a fielder in this position
5. (Bowls & Bowling) either of the two channels at the side of a tenpin bowling lane
vb, -lies, -lying or -lied
(Physical Geography) (tr) to make (channels) in (the ground, sand, etc)
[C16: from French goulet neck of a bottle; see gullet]
gully
(ˈɡʌlɪ)n, pl -lies
(Tools) Scot a large knife, such as a butcher's knife
[C16: of obscure origin]
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gul•ly
(ˈgʌl i)n., pl. -lies, n.
1. a small valley or ravine orig. worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains; gulch.
2. a ditch or gutter.
v.t. 3. to make gullies in.
4. to form (channels) by the action of water.
[1530–40; appar. alter. of gullet, with -y replacing French -et]
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gul·ly
(gŭl′ē) A narrow, steep-sided channel formed in loose earth by running water. A gully is usually dry except after periods of heavy rainfall or after the melting of snow or ice.
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gully
Past participle: gullied
Gerund: gullying
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gully
A narrow channel worn in a hillside by running water. Gullies abound in land prone to soil erosion.
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| Noun | 1. |  gully - deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)arroyo - a stream or brook draw - a gully that is shallower than a ravine wadi - gully or streambed in northern Africa and the Middle East that remains dry except during rainy season |
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gully
noun ravine, canyon, gorge, chasm, channel, fissure, defile, watercourse The bodies of the three climbers were located at the bottom of a steep gully.
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Translations
شِعْب، اخدود
strouha
regnkløft
gilskorningur
išgraužaišplova
grāvisšaura aiza
jarok
hendeksu yolu
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gully
(ˈgali) – plural ˈgullies – noun a channel worn by running water eg on a mountain side.
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