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noun Also, gulley (for defs. 1,2).
1.
a small valley or ravine originally worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains.
2.
a ditch or gutter.
3.
Cricket.
a.
the position of a fielder between point and slips.
b.
the fielder occupying this position.
verb (used with object)
4.
to make gullies in.
5.
to form (channels) by the action of water.
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Synonyms
1. gulch, gorge, defile, watercourse.
1. gulch, gorge, defile, watercourse.
Example Sentences
- Five people were killed when a single-engine airplane crashed into a gully in overcast weather, the state police said.
- Some of the oldest rock art in the world has been found in a remote gully on the reserve.
- It's kind of a tight gully filled with all kinds of hips and natural features.
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noun, plural -lies. Scot. and North England.
a knife, especially a large kitchen or butcher knife.
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gully  (gŭl'ē) Pronunciation Key
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
trench cut into land by the erosion of an accelerated stream of water. Various conditions make such erosion possible: the natural vegetation securing the soil may have been destroyed by human action, by fire, or by a climatic change; or an exceptional storm may send in torrents of water down the streambed. Gully erosion is closely related to intense local thunderstorms and not to widespread winter precipitation. Gullies in soft rock enlarge rapidly by headward erosion and may destroy much arable land if preventive measures are not taken.
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