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Gulley vs. Gully — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Gulley and Gully

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Gulley

Alternative spelling of gully(Etymology 1)

Gully

A gully is a landform created by running water, eroding sharply into soil or other relatively erodable material, typically on a hillside. Gullies resemble large ditches or small valleys, but are metres to tens of metres in depth and width.

Gulley

Alternative spelling of gully

Gully

A ravine formed by the action of water.

Gully

A fielding position on the off side between point and the slips
He was caught in the gully by Jones

Gully

An alley.
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Gully

(of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land)
He began to pick his way over the gullied landscape

Gully

A deep ditch or channel cut in the earth by running water after a prolonged downpour.

Gully

A channel in the side of a mountain, especially one forming a path for avalanches or rockfall.

Gully

A large knife.

Gully

To wear a deep ditch or channel in.

Gully

To form a deep ditch or channel.
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Gully

A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Gully

A small valley.

Gully

(UK) A drop kerb.

Gully

A road drain.

Gully

(cricket) A fielding position on the off side about 30 degrees behind square, between the slips and point; a fielder in such a position

Gully

(UK) A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Gully

A large knife.

Gully

(India) an alleyway or side street.

Gully

(obsolete) To flow noisily..

Gully

(transitive) To wear away into a gully or gullies.

Gully

A large knife.

Gully

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

Gully

A grooved iron rail or tram plate.

Gully

To wear into a gully or into gullies.

Gully

To flow noisily.

Gully

Deep ditch cut by running water (especially after a prolonged downpour)

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