gley
/ɡleɪ/
gley noun: a type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Noun
gley (plural gleys)
- A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
Verb (1)
gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)
- To be converted into this kind of soil.
Verb (2)
gley (third-person singular simple present gleys, present participle gleying, simple past and past participle gleyed)
- To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.
- “Muckle lang gleyed Sanny Fite,” shouted the stranger1800, Banffshire
gley meaning in Tamil
gley in Tamil
- இரும்புக்கரி அடாந்த
Synonyms of gley
Forms of gley
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gleys |
| alternative form | glei |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gleys |
| present participle | gleying |
| past participle | gleyed |
| past | gleyed |
Origin of gley
1920s, from Ukrainian ґлей (glej, “clayey soil”), from Proto-Slavic *glьjь, from Proto-Indo-European *gl̥h₁y-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁y-. Cognate of clay.
Borrowed from Scots.
Words formed from gley
Words that rhyme with gley
Questions about gley
- What does gley mean?
- Gley means a type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
- What is gley in Tamil?
- Gley in Tamil is இரும்புக்கரி அடாந்த. See Gley meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is gley?
- Gley can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gley?
- Gley is pronounced /ɡleɪ/.
- What is the plural of gley?
- The plural of gley is gleys.
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