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gul·ly ¹  (gl)

n. pl. gul·lies

A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.

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.

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[Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet, throat, channel; see gullet.]

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gul·ly ²  (gl)

n. pl. gul·lies Chiefly British

A large knife.

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[Short for dialectal gully knife : gully (probably alteration of Middle English golet, throat; see gullet) + knife.]

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gully¹, gulley [ˈgʌlɪ]

n pl -lies, -leys

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a channel or small valley, esp one cut by heavy rainwater

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) NZ a small bush-clad valley

3. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Mountaineering) a deep, wide fissure between two buttresses in a mountain face, sometimes containing a stream or scree

4. (Team Sports / Cricket) Cricket

a.  a fielding position between the slips and point

b.  a fielder in this position

5. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Bowls & Bowling) either of the two channels at the side of a tenpin bowling lane

vb -lies, -lying, -lied

(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) (tr) to make (channels) in (the ground, sand, etc.)

[from French goulet neck of a bottle; see gullet]

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gully²

n pl -lies

(Engineering / Tools) Scot a large knife, such as a butcher's knife

[of obscure origin]

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gully  (gl)

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.

Thesaurus

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 vale, valley - a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river 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.

Translations

gully [ˈgʌlɪ] N (= ravine) → barranco m; (= channel) → hondonada f

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gully [ˈgʌli] n (= narrow valley) → ravin m

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gully

n (= ravine) → Schlucht f; (= narrow channel) → Rinne f

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gully [ˈgʌlɪ] n (ravine) → burrone m, gola; (channel) → canale m di scolo

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gully [ˈgʌlɪ] n (ravine) → burrone m, gola; (channel) → canale m di scolo

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gully

n gully [ˈgali]

a channel worn by running water eg on a mountain side. donga, kloof, afloop شِعْب، اخدود канал strouha regnkløft die Wasserrinne ρεματιά torrentera; surco, cauce uure آبراهه rotko ravine עָרוּץ नाली, खड्ड jarak, gudura (kis) vízmosás parit gilskorningur canalone 小峡谷 구곡(溝谷) išgrauža, išplova šaura aiza; grāvis galur ravijn; greppel elverenne, kløft żleb rego torent водосток jarok struga jaruga bäckravin, dike, rännsten ห้วย hendek, su yolu 溪谷，溝壑 яр پہاڑی درہ rãnh; mương 溪谷