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🌊 A water channel 💧 To make channels
to gully

to gully

1 7.2
To make deep channels in the ground by flowing water
  • verb
  • /ˈɡʌli/
translation icon : formar cárcavas
  • The farmer noticed that his fields had begun to gully due to the constant water runoff.

Examples

  • As the river flowed rapidly after the storm, it started to gully deeper channels in the landscape.

  • Ah, me own shipmates, they'll gully me for sure!

    Muppet Treasure Island (1996)

  • Heavy rain began to wash away the soil, causing the land to gully along the hillside.

Synonyms

to ravine
vsto gully
9.9

To make deep narrow valleys in land usually by flowing water

creates smaller channels or grooves in land rather than large valleys

How Eroded

to gouge
20 7.2
to gully
1 7.2
to erode
24 4.2
to wear away
2 3.8

Surface Forms

gully infinitive
gulled past
gulled past participle
gullying present participle
gullies third person singular

Etymology

Gully comes from the same root for 'throat' (Latin gula) and is like gullet. To gully land is to make a 'throat' in the ground with running water, which is why the verb means to form deep channels.