gulch

(Inglês)

Noun

1. A ravine-like or deep V-shaped valley, often eroded by flash floods; shallower than a canyon and deeper than a gully.
2. (obsolete) An act of gulching or gulping.
3. (obsolete) A glutton.

Verb

1. (obsolete) To swallow greedily; to gulp down.
2. (obsolete) To fall heavily.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɡʌlt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: gulchen

In summary

From earlier gulsh (“sink in, gush out”), from Middle English gulchen (“to gulp, spew”), probably from the source of gulp. Likely not related to gully (“ravine formed by water”) despite the similarities.

Conceitos

ravina

barranco

vala

Sinônimos

ravine

gully

canyon

ditch

gorge

chasm

flume

isthmus

kloof

notch

pass

trench

valley

kuru

mountain pass

coombe

cleugh

band

cleuch

col

coulee

cove

defile

draw

gulley

Traduções

gola

ravin

Schlucht

burrone

quebrada

kloof

jar

Bergschlucht

barranco

βάραθρο

trou

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Klamm

bled

patelin

barranc