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    gul·ly
    [ˈɡəlē]
    noun
    gully (noun) · gullies (plural noun) · gulley (noun)
    verb
    gulley (verb) · gulleys (third person present) · gulleyed (past tense) · gulleyed (past participle) · gulleying (present participle)
    1. (of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land):
      "the track was gulleyed by rain" · "he began to pick his way over the gullied landscape"
    Origin
    mid 16th century (in the sense ‘gullet’): from French goulet (see gullet).
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    A gully is a deep valley that's formed by water that runs across land and wears it away. Most gullies form along hillsides. When a stream or runoff from a heavy rainfall erodes the land and forms a ravine or ditch, the result is a gully. The origin of the word is unclear, but it may come from the Middle English golet, "water channel."
    : a small valley or gulch Footage seemingly shot by a nearby worker showed a massive wave of earth rushing down a gully, engulfing everything in its path. Andrew Wilks, Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024 What once was a gully has been transformed into a floral paradise. Anna Haines, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
    A gully in Kharkiv oblast, Ukraine. Gullied landscape in Somalia. A gully is a landform created by running water, mass movement, or commonly a combination of both eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodible material, typically on a hillside or in river floodplains or terraces.
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    1. A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour. 2. A channel in the side of a mountain, especially one forming a path for avalanches or rockfall. To form a deep ditch or channel. [Perhaps alteration of Middle English golet, throat, channel; see gullet .] A large knife.
  3. plural gullies 1 : a trench which was originally worn in the earth by running water and through which water often runs after rains 2 : a small valley or gulch
    www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gully
    a channel cut by running water, which is usually dry except after heavy rain (Definition of gully from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
    dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/gully
    a narrow valley or channel with steep sides, made by a fast-flowing stream: Gullies and ravines can swell with floodwaters after heavy rain. The water has carved deep gullies through the soft limestone of the foothills.
    dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/gully
    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.
    www.thefreedictionary.com/gully
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