gullies

noun

variants also gulleys
plural of gully
as in trenches
a long, narrow cut or low area in the ground that water moves through when it rains

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Recent Examples of gullies The dark form of the bear was rounding the ridges and gullies, appearing and disappearing among the brush in the direction of the head of the canyon. — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 15 July 2026 Scott Gordon, chief of water enforcement for EPA’s regional office at the time, toured the site in 2000 and said he was shocked by how the industrial water found its path into the river, sometimes through gullies cut by the flow. — Dylan Jackson, ABC News, 6 May 2026 Authorities say the mountain sees about a dozen rescues and one fatality per year, with slip-and-falls in steep gullies being a common danger. — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026 Her mother, Marlene LaMar, who had helped organize hundreds of volunteers for years to search through fields and gullies after Sierra vanished in 2012, said Saturday she was too devastated to speak about the ruling. — Julia Prodis Sulek, Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2026 Lazar says strong winds blew this new snow into gullies and depressions, depositing it onto older layers of snow. — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 13 Jan. 2026 Extra caution is also advised around ridgelines, gullies, and terrain features, where wind-drifted, stiffer slabs of snow tend to form. — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026 How could there not be something glittery and white, not trees or rocks or twists and dippings of the ground or clumps of bushes, little gullies where the water runs infrequently. — David Searcy, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025 This atmosphere would have enabled liquids to flow on its surface, creating the channels and gullies that scientists can still observe today. — Christopher Carr, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gullies
  1. trenches
  2. ravines
  3. canyons
  4. gulches
  5. gutters
  6. troughs
  7. gorges
  8. washes
Noun
  • Both sides have consequently dug legal and PR trenches to snipe at the other and rally endorsements.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026
  • But since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, frontline combat has seen the return of positional warfare centered on fortified networks of trenches.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of trenches
Noun
  • Rising from near the Aegean coast to 9,573-foot Mytikas, Greece’s highest peak, the mountain encompasses forests, ravines, limestone cliffs, and alpine habitat with unusually rich plant diversity.
    — Bailey Berg, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Hundreds, thousands of solar panels are distributed like macropixels among ravines, pampas, slopes, and wherever there’s room for them.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
Definition of ravines
Noun
  • Canine teams also have been used in the search through steep canyons and dense vegetation.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • As the ribbon of asphalt climbs, clinging to rocky hillsides, the wall of trees falls away at times, revealing plunging canyons.
    — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of canyons
Noun
  • Plastic waste flutters and settles into gulches, catches in the fencing.
    — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026
  • Head right, and there came public land, the Shasta-Trinity National Forest with its creeks and gulches and two-bit towns like Peanut and Beegum.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
Definition of gulches
Noun
  • Winds ripped gutters from cottages where staff members live during the school year and tore the face from a clock tower that has stood at the school since its founding more than a century ago.
    — Lila Hempel-Edgers, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Ensure your existing gutters are firmly secured, leak-free and properly sloped toward downspouts before mounting guards (a professional will do this as part of their initial assessment, too).
    — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of gutters
Noun
  • The strength of the polar vortex is vulnerable to the large ridges and troughs that form in lower levels of the atmosphere and influence how the jet stream moves.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Free mosquitofish are also available through the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District for ponds, troughs and other standing water that cannot be drained.
    — Jessie Baltaxe, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of troughs
Noun
  • The outdoorsy traveler hiking the gorges in Crete or the trails in Andros should bring a pair of sturdy shoes, a hat for sun protection, and tons of SPF.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 27 July 2026
  • The list spans the country, from New England villages awash in crimson and gold to alpine landscapes in Colorado and dramatic river gorges in the Pacific Northwest.
    — Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of gorges
Noun
  • The highly pigmented semi gloss deposits color—13 shades—that lasts up to eight washes, leaving behind lustrous hair.
    — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Shoppers say the fabric has just the right amount of stretch, holds its shape, doesn’t show bra lines, and washes easily without shrinking or pilling.
    — Emily Weaver, PEOPLE, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of washes

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