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1. (n.) gully
a small valley or ravine orig. worn away by running water and serving as a drainageway after prolonged heavy rains; gulch.
2. gully
a ditch or gutter.
3. (v.t.) gully
to make gullies in.
4. gully
to form (channels) by the action of water.
Etymology: (1530–40; appar. alter. of gullet , with -y r. F -et)
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| Definition of 'gully' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) gully
deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)
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| Definition of 'gully' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) gully
a large knife
2. (noun) gully
a channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry
3. (noun) gully
a grooved iron rail or tram plate
4. (verb) gully
to wear into a gully or into gullies
5. (verb) gully
to flow noisily
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Sense: a channel worn by running water eg on a mountain side.
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 Afrikaans: donga, kloof, afloop |
 Arabic: شِعْب، اخدود |
 Bulgarian: канал |
 Brazilian: rego |
 Czech: strouha |
 German: die Wasserrinne |
 Danish: regnkløft |
 Greek: ρεματιά |
 Spanish: torrentera; surco, cauce |
 Estonian: uure |
 Farsi: آبراهه |
 Finnish: rotko |
 French: ravine |
 Hebrew: עָרוּץ |
 Hindi: नाली, खड्ड |
 Croatian: jarak, gudura |
 Hungarian: (kis) vízmosás |
 Indonesian: parit |
 Icelandic: gilskorningur |
 Italian: canalone |
 Japanese: 小峡谷 |
 Korean: 구곡(溝谷) |
 Lithuanian: išgrauža, išplova |
 Latvian: šaura aiza; grāvis |
 Malay: galur |
 Dutch: ravijn; greppel |
 Norwegian: elverenne, kløft |
 Polish: żleb |
 Persian: آبراهه |
 Pashto: كوچنى تنګى: مجرا، كاريز، |
 Portuguese: rego |
 Romanian: torent |
 Russian: водосток |
 Slovak: jarok |
 Slovenian: struga |
 Serbian: jaruga |
 Swedish: bäckravin, dike, rännsten |
 Thai: ห้วย |
 Turkish: hendek, su yolu |
 Taiwanese: 溪谷，溝壑 |
 Ukrainian: яр |
 Urdu: پہاڑی درہ |
 Vietnamese: rãnh; mương |
 Chinese: 溪谷 |
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