Gully Definition

gŭlē
gullied, gullies, gullying
noun
A channel or hollow worn by running water; small, narrow ravine.
Webster's New World
A large knife.
Webster's New World

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Wiktionary
(UK) A drop kerb.
Wiktionary

A road drain.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
verb
To wear a deep ditch or channel in.
American Heritage
To make a gully or gullies in.
Webster's New World
To form a deep ditch or channel.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Gully

Noun

Singular:
gully
Plural:
gullies

Origin of Gully

  • Short for dialectal gully knife gully (probably alteration of Middle English golet throat gullet) knife

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Probably related to Middle English golet "ravine, throat," French goulet, Latin gula "throat".

    From Wiktionary

  • Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet throat, channel gullet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Scots gully, of unknown origin.

    From Wiktionary

Gully 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.

  • That instant, when Nicholas saw the wolf struggling in the gully with the dogs, while from under them could be seen her gray hair and outstretched hind leg and her frightened choking head, with her ears laid back (Karay was pinning her by the throat), was the happiest moment of his life.

  • The extension of a basin or trough stretching towards the continent is termed an embayment when relatively wide and a gully when narrow.

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Words Starting With

GGUGUL

Words Ending With

YLYLLY

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