GULLY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of gully in English

(Definition of gully from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of gully from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of gully

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The next sedimentation cycle starts with development of new creeks and gullies.
The cycle starts with minor creeks or gullies, which are formed to drain the excess rainwater on a widespread interfluve area.
Establish tree checks on boundaries to reclaim gullies.
The creeks and gullies are filled by fine sand available from local higher areas.
Species associations were relatively more frequent with the lower-elevation gullies.
Diverting run-off from gullies to perennial crops.
Observations of martian gullies and constraints on potential formation mechanisms.
The "gullies" located on such isolated structures are a separate class of features, though, and these geomorphic differences are most likely related to their process of formation.
The drainage gullies were recently examined and were found to be partially blocked.
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The "spare" deer in a frantic state was jolted round the countryside for hours, the trailer traversing banks and gullies following the sport.
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We see gullies 12 feet deep and 12 feet wide and land ruined through bad cultivation.
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Quite lately, a party of police were quite needlessly butchered in an open lorry that had no protection for its passage through cuttings and gullies.
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I am aware that there is little uniformity in the types of manholes, gullies, and other iron work used on highways.
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The gullies are inspected visually once a week, and if any ponding is observed, or if a complaint has been received, more detailed investigations are put in hand.
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In other words, is the authority at the end of these drains or sewers or gullies called upon to provide a service in respect of that water?
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in Chinese (Traditional)
隘谷, 溪谷, 衝溝…
in Chinese (Simplified)
隘谷, 溪谷, 冲沟…
in Spanish
barranco, surco, cauce…
in Portuguese
barranco, sarjeta, rego…
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dar, derin ve kurak vadi, hendek…
ravine…
ravijn, greppel…
strouha…
regnkløft…
parit…
ห้วย…
rãnh, mương…
parów, wąwóz, żleb…
bäckravin, dike, rännsten…
galur…
die Wasserrinne…
elverenne, kløft…
яр…
лощина…
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