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RILL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small channel (as one formed by soil erosion)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("rill" is a kind of...):
channel (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A small stream
Synonyms:
rill; rivulet; run; runnel; streamlet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Hypernyms ("rill" is a kind of...):
stream; watercourse (a natural body of running water flowing on or under the earth)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb rill
