About The Word Gully
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Gully
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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. |
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