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- pronunciation:
- guh
li
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
gullies |
| definition 1: |
a ravine or valley worn away by a watercourse or flooding and still serving as a drainage course for overflow.
These gullies fill up with water in the spring, but they're dry all summer.- similar words:
- canyon, chasm, gorge, gulch, gulf, ravine, trough
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| definition 2: |
any gutter or ditch.
- synonyms:
- conduit, ditch, gutter
- similar words:
- channel, culvert, drain, duct, watercourse
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| related words: |
canal, glen, valley |
adjective + (n.)gully
deep, dry, eroded, green, hidden, loose, muddy, narrow, nearby, rocky, shallow, steep, upper, wide
verb + (n.)gully
carve, climb, cross, descend, dry, fill, gouge, leap, rain, ride, traverse, tumble
(n.)gully
+ verb
cut, drop, form, hide, jump, roll, scramble, wash
noun + (n.)gully
bottom,
boulder,
bridge,
bump,
captain,
chute,
cliff,
creek,
edge,
forest,
glade,
grass,
highland,
hill,
hillock,
ice,
lip,
mountain,
pine,
rain,
roadside,
rock,
sheet,
side,
snow,
terrain,
wall
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
gullies, gullying, gullied |
| definition: |
to form a gully or gullies in by erosion.
- similar words:
- erode, furrow, gouge, groove
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