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Meaning of gully in English. gully. noun. (also gulley) uk / ˈɡʌl.i / us / ˈɡʌl.i / gully noun (CHANNEL) Add to word list. [ C ] (US also gulch) a narrow valley or channel with steep sides, made by a fast-flowing stream: Gullies and ravines can swell with floodwaters after heavy rain.
gully, trench cut into land by the erosion of an accelerated stream of water. Various conditions make such erosion possible: the natural vegetation securing the soil may have been destroyed by human action, by fire, or by a climatic change; or an exceptional storm may send in torrents of water down the streambed.
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.
GULLY definition: a narrow valley that is usually dry except after a lot of rain. Learn more.
verb (used with object),gul·lied, gul·ly·ing. to make gullies in. to form (channels) by the action of water. adjective. Slang. of or relating to the environment, culture, or life experience in poor urban neighborhoods; vulgar, raw, or authentic; ghetto: Does your mama know what you’re up to on these gully street corners all night?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Nature, Geology, Geography gul‧ly, gulley /ˈɡʌli/ noun (plural gullies) [ countable] 1 a small narrow valley, usually formed by a lot of rain flowing down the side of a hill 2 a deep ditch Examples from the Corpus gully • The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully.
GULLY meaning: a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains.
