English Explanatory Dictionary

gley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of hydric soil, sticky, greenish-blue-grey in colour and low in oxygen.
verb
  1. To be converted into this kind of soil.
verb
  1. To squint; to look obliquely; to overlook things.

Pronunciation

/ɡleɪ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gley.wav

Word forms

gley gleys glei gleying gleyed

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

gleysol gleisol

Related words

agley

Derived words

gleization gleyed gleied gleyic gleying gleiing gleysolic pseudogley
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