noun
pl. -·lies a channel or hollow worn by running water; small, narrow ravine
Origin of gully
altered from Middle English golet, water channel, origin, originally , gullettransitive verb
-·lied, -·ly·ing to make a gully or gullies in
noun
The definition of a gully is a narrow waterway.
An example of a gully is a rain ditch on the side of a driveway.
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gully
noun
pl. -·liesBrit. a large knife
Origin of gully
from uncertain or unknown; perhapsWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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gully
noun
pl. gul·lies- A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.
- A channel in the side of a mountain, especially one forming a path for avalanches or rockfall.
verb
gul·lied, gul·ly·ing, gul·liesverb
transitiveTo wear a deep ditch or channel in.
verb
intransitiveTo form a deep ditch or channel.
Origin of gully
Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet throat, channel ; see gullet.noun
pl. gul·lies Chiefly BritishA large knife.
Origin of gully
Short for dialectal gully knife gully ( probably alteration of Middle English golet throat ; see gullet . ) knifeTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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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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Noun
(plural gullies)
- A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.
- A small valley.
- (UK) A drop kerb.
- A road drain.
- (cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position
- (UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.
Verb
(third-person singular simple present gullies, present participle gullying, simple past and past participle gullied)
- To wear away into a gully or gullies.
Origin
Probably related to Middle English golet "ravine, throat," French goulet, Latin gula "throat".
Origin
Scots gully, of unknown origin.
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Sentence Examples
- The gully shimmered in heat waves.
- The wolf ran forward and jumped heavily over a gully that lay in her path.
- I'd travel so far and then I would be stopped by a gully or a creek.
- As they watched, three Indians rode around a bend in the gully and passed below them.
- The Sea of Japan has a wide shelf only in the north, the central part forms a broad basin with depths of 1650 fathoms. The Laurentian Sea (Gulf of St Lawrence) has a narrow branching gully running between wide shelves, in which a depth of 312 fathoms is found south of Anticosti.
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