gully
A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillsideA trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
Meaning
7 sensesA trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
Erosionsrinne, Wasserfurche, Wasserrinne
ложби́наložbína, промо́инаpromóina, буера́кbujerák
ярjar
A small valley.
(UK)A drop kerb.
A road drain.
Gully
A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
(UK)A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
(Northern, Scotland, UK)A large knife.
- deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
Examples
3 sentencesIt's near what looks like a little gully.
I fell over a ledge of rock into a gully below.
The gully had more plants than the rest of the desert because it occasionally filled with rain.
Translations
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Origin
Origin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), fOrigin uncertain. Possibly from a variant of Middle English golet (“esophagus, gullet”), from Old French goulet, from Latin gula (“throat”). Shift in meaning in Middle English to "water channel, ravine" may have been influenced by Middle English gylle, gille, galle (“deep narrow valley, ravine”); see gill. Compare Dutch geul.
From Scots gully, of unknown origin.
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Forms
plural: gulliesSynonyms
2 synonymsWord family
14 related wordsSee also
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