gleys

noun

Definition of gleysnext
plural of gley
as in blacklands

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  1. muck
  2. earth
  3. dust
Noun
  • Lovick, with friends Je-Quan Irving and Floyd Washington, cleaned out the muck and stocked the puddle with a 50-bag of goldfish from the neighborhood pet store.
    The Editors, Curbed, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The mire covering Alicia Montero is the signature uniform of the impromptu army of volunteers who for a third day Friday shoveled and swept out the muck and debris that filled the small town of Chiva in Valencia after flash floods swept through the region.
    Teresa Medrano, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of muck
Noun
  • Notes of plum, earth and spice round out the finish.
    Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The earth’s global temperature experiences natural variation over time.
    Elizabeth Weise, The Enquirer, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of earth
Noun
  • This is why treadmills collect dust, gym memberships go unused and diets fail.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • However, Mandt's latest findings suggest that earlier measurements may have been distorted by the presence of dust particles in the comet's coma—the gas-and-dust cloud surrounding its nucleus.
    Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of dust
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