gully Hear it!

gully¹ Definition

gully (gulē)

noun pl. -·lies

a channel or hollow worn by running water; small, narrow ravine

Etymology: altered < ME golet, water channel, orig., gullet

transitive verb -·lied, -·ly·ing

to make a gully or gullies in

gully² Definition

gully (gulē, go̵olē)

noun pl. -·lies

Brit. a large knife

Etymology: < ?

gully Synonyms

gully

n.

gully Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • vegetate: It immediately dashed off down into the thickly vegetated gully below the trail.
  • descend: It is possible to descend a steep gully lying to the right of the Nature Trust sign.
  • climb: In the past week or so there have been lots of ski descents down many of the climbing gullies... !
  • block: The Rubbish Chute; a deep, muddy gully blocked by a rock step is some fifteen meters further right.
  • fill: The final section was a little more difficult than Mt Vinson with sections of Alpine PD in snow filled gullies with short rock steps.

Adjective modifier

  • grassy: Overcome the cleft above, then step left across the grassy gully to follow the front of the buttress to a terrace.
  • steep: Follow steep gully upwards, the mine is just below the top.
  • rocky: However, fishing low water in the rocky gullies on the south side can produce some decent bass.
  • shallow: Follow the turf right then step back left into a shallow gully which leads to the top.
  • wooded: To the right of the track there is a wooded gully running down to the sea.
  • narrow: Whitby lies on the mouth of the river Esk, which flows through a narrow gully to reach the sea.

Modifies a noun

  • grating: Do not allow food scraps from the sink waste to build up over the gully grating.
  • erosion: The plants slow and disperse run off, increasing infiltration and preventing gully erosion, and also hinder soil creep.
  • pot: Gully pots The primary purpose of gully pots is to trap sediment associated with road run-off.
  • climb: The start of our gully climb with clear skies, sunshine and a hard neve approach.

Noun used with modifier

  • drainage: The ditch of Hut '2 ' was probably a drainage gully around the outside.
  • descent: Across the descent gully is a large undercut block with an obvious hole in its front face.
  • surge: These communities are similar in character to those of surge gullies which are subject to extreme wave action.
  • roadside: All roadside gullies are generally cleansed at least once a year and twice on main routes.
  • snow: Continue up the easier line of ice and snow gullies above to finish below the cairn on Mardale Ill Bell.

Browse dictionary entries near gully

  1. Gulliver's Travels
  2. gullible
  3. gullet
  4. Gullah
  5. gull
  6. gulfweed
  7. Gulf War syndrome
  8. Gulf War
  9. Gulf Stream
  10. Gulf States
  1. gulosity
  2. gulp
  3. gum
  4. gum ammoniac
  5. gum arabic
  6. gum elemi
  7. gum resin
  8. gum tree
  9. gum turpentine
  10. gumbo