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Gully Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Gully? [n] deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour) Synonyms \| Synonyms for Gully: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Gully: abysm \| abyss \| aqueduct \| arroyo \| bed \| box canyon \| breach \| break \| canal \| canalize \| canyon \| carve \| cavity \| chamfer \| channel \| chap \| chasm \| check \| chimney \| chink \| chisel \| cleft \| cleuch \| clough \| col \| corridor \| corrugate \| coulee \| couloir \| crack \| cranny \| creek bed \| crevasse \| crevice \| crimp \| culvert \| cut \| cwm \| dado \| defile \| dell \| dike \| ditch \| donga \| draw \| dry bed \| engrave \| excavation \| fault \| fissure \| flaw \| flume \| flute \| fracture \| furrow \| gap \| gape \| gash \| gill \| goffer \| gorge \| gouge \| groove \| gulch \| gulf \| gullyhole \| headrace \| hole \| incise \| incision \| irrigation ditch \| joint \| kloof \| leak \| moat \| notch \| nullah \| opening \| pass \| passage \| pleat \| plow \| rabbet \| race \| ravine \| rent \| rifle \| rift \| rime \| river bed \| riverway \| runnel \| rupture \| rut \| scissure \| score \| scratch \| seam \| slit \| slot \| sluice \| spillbox \| spillway \| split \| streak \| stream bed \| streamway \| striate \| swash \| swash channel \| tailrace \| trench \| trough \| valley \| void \| wadi \| water carrier \| water channel \| water furrow \| water gap \| water gate \| watercourse \| waterway \| waterworks \| wrinkle See Also \| arroyo \| draw \| vale \| valley \| wadi Gully In Webster's Dictionary \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gulles}. [Etymol. uncertain] A large knife. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott. \Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gullies}. [Formerly gullet.] 1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry. 2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.] {Gully gut}, a glutton. [Obs.] --Chapman. {Gully hole}, the opening through which gutters discharge surface water. \Gul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gullied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gullying}.] To wear into a gully or into gullies. \Gul"ly\, v. i. To flow noisily. [Obs.] --Johnson.

Gully Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gully?

[n] deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

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Gully In Webster's Dictionary

\Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gulles}. [Etymol. uncertain]
A large knife. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.


\Gul"ly\, n.; pl. {Gullies}. [Formerly gullet.]
1. A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of
   water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

2. A grooved iron rail or tram plate. [Eng.]

{Gully gut}, a glutton. [Obs.] --Chapman.

{Gully hole}, the opening through which gutters discharge
   surface water.


\Gul"ly\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gullied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Gullying}.]
To wear into a gully or into gullies.


\Gul"ly\, v. i.
To flow noisily. [Obs.] --Johnson.

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