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Pronunciation: [ɡˈʌli] (IPA)

The word "gully" refers to a long, narrow trench or channel that is formed by the erosion of soil or rock. Synonyms for the word "gully" include ravine, gulch, canyon, channel, and ditch. A ravine refers to a deep, narrow valley with steep sides that is usually formed by the action of water. Gulch is another word for a small ravine or gully, while a canyon is a deep and narrow valley with steep sides that is usually formed by erosion over a long period of time. A channel can refer to a watercourse, like a river, or a man-made groove or duct used for conveying fluids. Finally, a ditch is a shallow trench or channel that is usually used for drainage or irrigation.
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    • Proper noun, singular
      goulet.
    • Noun, singular or mass
      cliff.

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Usage examples for Gully

In the narrow little gully where the trail crossed the half-dry channel from the spring he met the rig.
"Lonesome Land"
B. M. Bower
They flew up a gully in which the bear tracks guided an easy path.
"My Attainment of the Pole"
Frederick A. Cook
Nasmyth looked around for his jacket, and, remembering that he had left it in the gully, he moved forward to shake hands with his visitors.
"The Greater Power"
Harold Bindloss W. Herbert Dunton

Famous quotes with Gully

  • In farm country, the plover has only two real enemies: the gully and the drainage ditch. Perhaps we shall one day find that these are our enemies, too.
    Aldo Leopold
  • People talk about nightfall, or night falling, or dusk falling, and it's never seemed right to me. Perhaps they once meant befalling. As in night befalls. As in night happens. Perhaps they, whoever they were, thought of a falling sun. That might be it, except that that ought to give us dayfall. Day fell on Rupert the Bear. And we know, if we've ever read a book, that day doesn't fall or rise. It breaks. In books, day breaks, and night falls. In life, night rises from the ground. The day hangs on for as long as it can, bright and eager, absolutely and positively the last guest to leave the party, while the ground darkens, oozing night around your ankles, swallowing for ever that dropped contact lens, making you miss that low catch in the gully on the last ball of the last over.
    Hugh Laurie
  • It’s the same old wilderness, just no longer up on that hill or around that bend or in the gully. It’s the fact that there is no more hill or gully, that the hollow is there and you’ve got to explore the hollow with faith.Real warriors like William Burroughs or Leonard Cohen or Wallace Stevens examine the hollow as well as anybody; they get in there, look far into the dark, and yet come out with poetry.
    Ken Kesey

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